port zfec to Nexenta

[zooko]

I tried to port the python-zfec package from Ubuntu Karmic to Nexenta NCP3 alpha 1. The build stops with this error:

root@kauai:~/zfec-port-attempt-1/zfec-1.4.5# dpkg-buildpackage -sa
dpkg-buildpackage: set CPPFLAGS to default value:
dpkg-buildpackage: set CFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: set CXXFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: set FFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
dpkg-buildpackage: set LDFLAGS to default value: -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
dpkg-buildpackage: source package zfec
dpkg-buildpackage: source version 1.4.5-0ubuntu3~ncp3
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn <zooko@zooko.com>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture solaris-i386
 debian/rules clean
dh_testdir
dh_testroot
rm -rf dist build build-stamp build-ext-*
find . -name '*\.py[co]' -delete
dh_clean install-stamp install-ext-*
 dpkg-source -b zfec-1.4.5
dpkg-source: building zfec using existing zfec_1.4.5.orig.tar.gz
dpkg-source: building zfec in zfec_1.4.5-0ubuntu3~ncp3.diff.gz
dpkg-source: building zfec in zfec_1.4.5-0ubuntu3~ncp3.dsc
 debian/rules build
dh_testdir
python2.5 setup.py build
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5
creating build/lib.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/zfec
copying zfec/filefec.py -> build/lib.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/zfec
copying zfec/cmdline_zunfec.py -> build/lib.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/zfec
copying zfec/__init__.py -> build/lib.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/zfec
copying zfec/cmdline_zfec.py -> build/lib.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/zfec
copying zfec/_version.py -> build/lib.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/zfec
copying zfec/easyfec.py -> build/lib.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/zfec
running build_ext
building 'zfec._fec' extension
creating build/temp.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5
creating build/temp.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/zfec
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -g -O2 -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.5 -c zfec/fec.c -o build/temp.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/zfec/fec.o -std=c99
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -g -O2 -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.5 -c zfec/_fecmodule.c -o build/temp.solaris-2.11-i86pc-2.5/zfec/_fecmodule.o -std=c99
In file included from /usr/include/limits.h:36,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.11/4.2.3/include/limits.h:122,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.11/4.2.3/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from /usr/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.11/4.2.3/include/limits.h:11,
                 from /usr/include/python2.5/Python.h:18,
                 from zfec/_fecmodule.c:8:
/usr/include/sys/feature_tests.h:353:2: error: #error "Compiler or options invalid for pre-UNIX 03 X/Open applications  and pre-2001 POSIX applications"
zfec/_fecmodule.c: In function 'test_from_agl':
zfec/_fecmodule.c:604: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
zfec/_fecmodule.c:604: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
zfec/_fecmodule.c:606: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
zfec/_fecmodule.c:606: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
zfec/_fecmodule.c: In function 'init_fec':
zfec/_fecmodule.c:634: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
zfec/_fecmodule.c:635: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
make: *** [build-ext-2.5] Error 1
dpkg-buildpackage: failure: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2

I believe that this is due to ​http://bugs.python.org/issue1759169 . See also the Nexenta ticket for this: ​https://bugs.launchpad.net/nexenta/+bug/452667

[zooko]

No longer interested in the long-abandoned Nexenta. I *am* interested in other new obscure Free/Open? platforms based on Solaris, but that will have to be put into different tickets in the future...