I wanted to look at the Installer package to learn something about AbsTk, but I ran into a couple problems. I have updated to Python 2.5, so I wasn't too suprised when AbsTk complained about something that seemed like a 2.4 vs. 2.5 problem. When I tried to update by running "make" in /Programs/AbsTk/Current, itcouldn't find DirPythonCompile. The problem was that I couldn't find it either. I saw a message about it being deprecated for Manager, but AbsTk still needs it. I eventually found it in a Attic directory (thanks for having those!) and get going. The next problem was again started by a Python version discrepancy. This time I tracked it down to 2 Python modules in the LibXML2 package: drv_libxml2.py and libxml2.py. These are both located in /Programs/LibXML2/2.6.27/lib/python2.5/site-packages/, but do not get links in /System/Links/Libraries/python2.4/site-packages when SymlinkProgram is run. I saw some other *.py files in /S/L/L/.../site-packages. Were they also added by hand? Is this a problem with SymlinkProgram, the recipe for LibXML2 or did I miss something else? After that, I was able to get on playing with Installer/AbsTk I wanted to look at the Installer package to learn something about AbsTk, but I ran into a couple problems. I have updated to Python 2.5, so I wasn't too suprised when AbsTk complained about something that seemed like a 2.4 vs. 2.5 problem. When I tried to update by running "make" in /Programs/AbsTk/Current, it couldn't find DirPythonCompile. The problem was that I couldn't find it either. I saw a message about it being deprecated for Manager, but AbsTk still needs it. I eventually found it in a Attic directory (thanks for having those!) and get going. The next problem was again started by a Python version discrepancy. This time I tracked it down to 2 Python modules in the LibXML2 package: drv_libxml2.py and libxml2.py. These are both located in /Programs/LibXML2/2.6.27/lib/python2.5/site-packages/, but do not get links in /System/Links/Libraries/python2.4/site-packages when SymlinkProgram is run. I saw some other *.py files in /S/L/L/.../site-packages. Were they also added by hand? s this a problem with SymlinkProgram, the recipe for LibXML2 or did I miss something else? After that, I was able to get on playing with Installer/AbsTk.
While I'm thinking of it, I ran into several cases of a Compile failing because the check for dependencies did not recognize that, for instance, version 2.14 is a later version than 2.9. This is not a GoboLinux problem per se; every case I looked at could be traced to the configure script, where the comparison "2.9 < 2.14" fails. Either we have to get people to start using 0's so that version numbers can be used mathematically (2.09 < 2.14 is true!), or each of these has to be fixed (arrgh!). I don't know if such errors are generic enough to build into Compile (or as a patch in recipes), but it would be a great feature. Thanks While I'm thinking of it, I ran into several cases of a Compile failing because the check for dependencies did not recognize that, for instance, version 2.14 is a later version than 2.9. This is not a GoboLinux problem per se; every case I looked at could be traced to the configure script, where the comparison "2.9 < 2.14" fails. Either we have to get people to start using 0's so that version numbers can be used mathematically (2.09 < 2.14 is true!), or each of these has to be fixed (arrgh!). I don't know if such errors are generic enough to build into Compile (or as a patch in recipes), but it would be a great feature. Thanks _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list gobolinux-devel@lists.gobolinux.org http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
