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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"AIX build broken because of recent os.statx implementation.","articleBody":"### Bug description:\n\nThe recent os.statx implementation is very specific to Linux https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/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\n\nThe configure check for statx should be improved to check whether the platform is Linux or not , as well. \n\n### CPython versions tested on:\n\nCPython main branch\n\n### Operating systems tested on:\n\nAIX\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-140249\n* gh-140395\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ayappanec","@type":"Person","name":"ayappanec"},"datePublished":"2025-10-17T08:22:31.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/140239/cpython/issues/140239"}