[vtkusers] compiling vtk nightly or 4.0 with Python on Solaris 2.7

[Dave Reed]

I know there was a thread about Python support on Solaris recently and
I've reread it, but I still can't get it to work now. I used to have
Python working on Solaris, but we've since installed a newer version
of Python and I can't seem to get it to work now.

I get lots of errors like this while compiling:

PyEval_RestoreThread                0x2530      /usr/local/lib/python2.2/config/libpython2.2.a(fileobject.o)
PyEval_RestoreThread                0x25ac      /usr/local/lib/python2.2/config/libpython2.2.a(fileobject.o)

and it finally stops with:

ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable sections
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [/tmp/VTK/bin/libvtkCommonPython.so] Error 1
make[2]: *** [default_target] Error 2
make[1]: *** [default_target_Common] Error 2
make: *** [default_target] Error 2

I've tried both with shared libraries turned on and off, but it still
doesn't work. Can anyone with VTK compiled with Python support on
Solaris share their CMakeCache.txt file so I can see what settings I
might be missing.

This is with gcc 2.95.3 which is what I previously used to compile
both Python and VTK. I also updated to cmake 1.4 which appeared to be
necessary to use the nightly version.

Thanks,
Dave