[cx-oracle-users] building version 4.2 with Python 2.2

[David C. <dcc...@gm...>]

I just tried to build 4.2 on an old RedHat 7.3 machine, using Python 2.2.  I
get lots of warnings that I don't see when I build with Python 2.3 or 2.4.
Is this to be expected?  They look harmless enough:

[build-sc@smoke cx_Oracle-4.2] python2 setup.py build
running build
running build_ext
building 'cx_Oracle' extension
creating build
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.2
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC
-I/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/demo
-I/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public
-I/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/network/public
-I/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/sdk/include -I/usr/include/python2.2 -c
cx_Oracle.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.2/cx_Oracle.o -DBUILD_VERSION=4.2
In file included from /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/demo/oci.h:2138,
                 from cx_Oracle.c:9:
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/demo/oci1.h:148: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
In file included from /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/demo/ociap.h:190,
                 from /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/demo/oci.h:2163,
                 from cx_Oracle.c:9:
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public/nzt.h:667: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public/nzt.h:2655: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public/nzt.h:2664: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public/nzt.h:2674: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public/nzt.h:2683: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public/nzt.h:2692: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public/nzt.h:2701: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public/nzt.h:2709: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public/nzt.h:2719: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
In file included from /opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/demo/oci.h:2163,
                 from cx_Oracle.c:9:
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/demo/ociap.h:6888: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/demo/ociap.h:9790: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/demo/ociap.h:9796: warning: function
declaration isn't a prototype
In file included from Connection.c:416,
                 from SessionPool.c:134,
                 from cx_Oracle.c:111:
Callback.c: In function `Callback_BindByNameArgs':
Callback.c:78: warning: value computed is not used
Callback.c:79: warning: value computed is not used
Callback.c: In function `Callback_DefineByPosArgs':
Callback.c:123: warning: value computed is not used
Callback.c:124: warning: value computed is not used
Callback.c: In function `Callback_ExecuteArgs':
Callback.c:155: warning: value computed is not used
Callback.c:157: warning: value computed is not used
Callback.c: In function `Callback_FetchArgs':
Callback.c:178: warning: value computed is not used
Callback.c: In function `Callback_PrepareArgs':
Callback.c:203: warning: value computed is not used
creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.2
gcc -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.2/cx_Oracle.o
-L/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/lib -L/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0
-Wl,-R/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/lib -Wl,-R/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0 -lclntsh
-o build/lib.linux-i686-2.2/cx_Oracle.so
[build-sc@smoke cx_Oracle-4.2]