Error while building v 2.1.8 on Red Hat 5 with Python 2.4.3

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Impossible to build the module on my server due to an error occuring with 
Python 2.4.3.

For information I built successfully pyodbc 2.1.7 on the same config.

Environment:
  - RHEL 5.5
  - Linux 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 x86_64
  - Python 2.4.3
  - gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)

Here is the result of the build command:

[root@myhost pyodbc-2.1.8]# python setup.py build
running build
running build_ext
building 'pyodbc' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall 
-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector 
--param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fPIC 
-DPYODBC_VERSION=2.1.8 -I/usr/include/python2.4 -c 
/tmp/pyodbc-2.1.8/src/pyodbcmodule.cpp -o 
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/tmp/pyodbc-2.1.8/src/pyodbcmodule.o 
-Wno-write-strings
/tmp/pyodbc-2.1.8/src/pyodbcmodule.cpp: In function 'void initpyodbc()':
/tmp/pyodbc-2.1.8/src/pyodbcmodule.cpp:919: error: invalid conversion from 
'const char*' to 'char*'
/tmp/pyodbc-2.1.8/src/pyodbcmodule.cpp:919: error:   initializing argument 3 of 
'int PyModule_AddStringConstant(PyObject*, char*, char*)'
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

Original issue reported on code.google.com by flor...@captier.org on 4 May 2011 at 5:40

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Original comment by mkleehammer on 20 May 2011 at 6:21

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Apparently I'm not looking at the same version.  Can you paste in the offending 
line?  I'm wondering if quoted strings need a cast or not.  There is a cast 
(recent) on the line that sets the version.

Original comment by mkleehammer on 20 May 2011 at 6:27

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I pasted all the lines I have while trying to build the module... Which 
additionnal line do you need ?

Original comment by flor...@captier.org on 20 May 2011 at 10:02

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Fixed in 2.1.9

Original comment by mkleehammer on 11 Jul 2011 at 12:36

• Changed state: Complete