In <URL:news:local.mailman-d> on Mon 28 Jan, Barry A. Warsaw wrote: > > >>>>> "CM" == Colin Mackinlay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > CM> The documented way to install email is: python setup.py > CM> install > > CM> This doesn't work for me as 2.1.1 is installed from an RPM and > CM> throws errors in relation to configure. > > I'd like to see the exact errors that occur. This may indicate a bug > in Python's distutils system. Or it could be that you need the devel > rpms for Python (although that would suck, since email is a pure > Python package -- i.e. no C extensions). Also, you may want to try > upgrading to Python 2.1.2 to see if that fixes the problem. > > In any case, I'd like to know more about this failure.
Traceback ..... File setup.py line 19 in ? . . . File "/usr/lib/python2.1/distutils/sysconfig.py" line 302, in _init_posix rais DistutilsPlatformError, my_msg distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError invaid Python installation unable to open /usr/lib/python2.1/config/Makefile (no such file or directory) Colin _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers