credits to @wiggin15 for #1528

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index 4e30aba3..3b1de50d 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ N: Arnon Yaari (wiggin15)
 W: https://github.com/wiggin15
 D: AIX implementation, expert on multiple fronts
 I: 517, 607, 610, 1131, 1123, 1130, 1154, 1164, 1174, 1177, 1210, 1214, 1408,
-   1329, 1276, 1494.
+   1329, 1276, 1494, 1528.
 
 N: Alex Manuskin
 W: https://github.com/amanusk
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index c3d2960e..b9e08da1 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ XXXX-XX-XX
 
 - 1530_: [NetBSD] add process cwd() support.  (patch by Kamil Rytarowski)
 
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- 1528_: [AIX] compilation error on AIX 7.2 due to 32 vs 64 bit differences.
+  (patch by Arnon Yaari)
+
 5.6.3
 =====
 
diff --git a/scripts/internal/check_broken_links.py b/scripts/internal/check_broken_links.py
index 3d108d81..73134818 100755
--- a/scripts/internal/check_broken_links.py
+++ b/scripts/internal/check_broken_links.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def parse_c(fname):
 
 
 def parse_generic(fname):
-    with open(fname) as f:
+    with open(fname, 'rt', errors='ignore') as f:
         text = f.read()
     return find_urls(text)
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def get_urls(fname):
     elif fname.endswith('.c') or fname.endswith('.h'):
         return parse_c(fname)
     else:
-        with open(fname) as f:
+        with open(fname, 'rt', errors='ignore') as f:
             if f.readline().strip().startswith('#!/usr/bin/env python'):
                 return parse_py(fname)
         return parse_generic(fname)