On Wed, Aug 01, 2018 at 06:38:07PM -0500, Albert Chin wrote:
> [[ snip snip ]]
>   libtool: compile:  cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I. -I../include -Iinclude -I../src -I. -I../include -Iinclude -I../src -c ../src/x86/win32.S  -KPIC -DPIC -o src/x86/.libs/win32.o
>   Assembler: 
>           "../src/x86/win32.S", line 935 : Illegal character: <7e>
>           "../src/x86/win32.S", line 935 : Syntax error
>           Near line: "        movl        ((10 + 3) & ~3)(%eax), %esi      "
>           "../src/x86/win32.S", line 936 : Illegal character: <7e>
>           "../src/x86/win32.S", line 936 : Syntax error
>           Near line: "        movl        ((((10 + 3) & ~3) + 4) + 4)(%eax), %edx "
>           "../src/x86/win32.S", line 944 : Illegal character: <7e>
>           "../src/x86/win32.S", line 944 : Syntax error
>           Near line: "        call        *(((10 + 3) & ~3) + 4)(%eax)             "
>           "../src/x86/win32.S", line 1079 : Illegal character: <7e>
>           "../src/x86/win32.S", line 1079 : Syntax error
>           Near line: "        movl        ((10 + 3) & ~3)(%eax), %eax"
>   cc: fbe failed for ../src/x86/win32.S
>   gmake[2]: *** [src/x86/win32.lo] Error 1

Based on https://bugs.python.org/issue25413, I am using the attached
patch which causes the build to succeed. We basically avoid win32.S on
Solaris/x86.

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albert chin (china@thewrittenword.com)