[MODPYTHON-249] Build failure in 3.3.1

• Type: Bug
• Status: In Progress
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.3.x
• Environment: Discovered in OSX 10.5.4 (Intel) using macports.org, also reported in Gentoo
• Assignee: Graham Phillip Dumpleton
• Reporter: Jim Nelson
• Created: 15/Jul/08 12:22
• Updated: 15/Jul/08 13:03

Description

Fails to build with the following error from macports:

/opt/local/share/apr-1/build/libtool --silent --mode=compile /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -prefer-pic -O2 -DDARWIN -DSIGPROCMASK_SETS_THREAD_MASK -no-cpp-precomp -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/apache2/include -I/opt/local/include/apr-1 -I/opt/local/include/apr-1 -I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_www_mod_python/work/mod_python-3.3.1/src/include -I/opt/local/apache2/include -I/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/include/python2.4 -c -o connobject.lo connobject.c && touch connobject.slo connobject.c: In function '_conn_read':
connobject.c:142: error: request for member 'next' in something not a structure or union
apxs:Error: Command failed with rc=65536
.
make[1]: *** [mod_python.so] Error 1
make: *** [do_dso] Error 2

Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.

Bug reported at:
http://trac.macports.org/ticket/15791
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230211

Recommended fix:

You can download the source and implement a suggested fix - on line 142 of
connobject.c you can replace

!(b == APR_BRIGADE_SENTINEL(b) ||

with

!(b == APR_BRIGADE_SENTINEL(bb) ||

suggested here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg20588.html

However this is obviously untested, though it compiles fine.

(From response #6 from Gentoo bug report)