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

[Hua Qian]

I compiled vtk nightly (July 15)  with Python2.2 successfully on Solaris 
2.7,
I was using Sun compiler, though. Anyway, I attached my CMakeCache.txt
file for your reference. I used cvs CMake (Again, July 15).

Hua

Dave Reed wrote:

>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
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