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ayappanec

opened on Oct 17, 2025

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Bug description:

The recent os.statx implementation is very specific to Linux #139178 . This broke AIX build as the configure simply checks for the presence of statx function which is available in AIX but very much different from it. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.3.0?topic=s-stat-fstat-lstat-statx-fstatx-statxat-fstatat-fullstat-ffullstat-stat64-fstat64-lstat64-stat64x-fstat64x-lstat64x-stat64xat-subroutine

The configure check for statx should be improved to check whether the platform is Linux or not , as well.

CPython versions tested on:

CPython main branch

Operating systems tested on:

AIX

Linked PRs

• gh-140239: Check statx availability only in Linux platforms #140249
• gh-140239: Check for statx on Android #140395

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3. ayappanec

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   pythongh-140239: Check statx availability only in Linux platforms

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6. cmaloney commented on Oct 17, 2025

   

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   gh-140239: Check statx availability only on Linux (#140249)

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10. vstinner

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    gh-140239: Check for statx on Android (#140395)

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11. StanFromIreland

    added 2 commits that reference this issue on Dec 6, 2025

    pythongh-140239: Check statx availability only on Linux (python#140249)

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    pythongh-140239: Check for statx on Android (python#140395)

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