Hi Martijn! (ccing py-dev) i think you may try 0.9.0 - the syntax error issue was handled there. To be honest, i am surprised a bit that it works as i didn't really do anything yet (and certainly not for 0.8.0) except successfully installing VS2003 on a windows laptop (puh though!).
best, holger On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 15:34 +0100, Martijn Faassen wrote: > Hi there, > > When I install the Py lib using easy_install (cool that this works > now!), I got this > error: > > Compiling > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/py-0.8.0_alpha2-py2.4.egg/py/test/tes > ting/data/syntax_error.py ... > File > "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/py-0.8.0_alpha2-py2.4.egg/py/test/testi > ng/data/syntax_error.py", line 3 > this is really not python > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > Not really pretty but something one could live with. > > Until I tried to update my ubuntu and had the upgrade process bail out > with this same error - I wasn't installing Py then of course, but I > suspect something that installs Python code tries to compile all .py > packages it can find. > > I'm not sure what this test aims to do but just thought I'd point out > this installation issue. > > Regards, > > Martijn > -- merlinux GmbH Steinbergstr. 42 31139 Hildesheim http://merlinux.de tel +49 5121 20800 75 (fax 77) _______________________________________________ py-dev mailing list py-dev@codespeak.net http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/py-dev
