At 09:49 AM 9/29/2005 -0400, Viren Shah wrote: >[I sent this earlier without being a subscriber and it was sent to the >moderation queue so I'm resending it after subscribing] > >Hi, > I'm running a 64-bit Fedora Core 3 with python 2.3.4. I'm trying to > install setuptools to use with Trac, and get the following error: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ python ez_setup.py >Downloading >http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/2.3/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6a4-py2.3.egg >Traceback (most recent call last): > File "ez_setup.py", line 206, in ? > main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "ez_setup.py", line 141, in main > from setuptools.command.easy_install import main >OverflowError: signed integer is greater than maximum > > >I get the same type of error if I try installing setuptools manually. I >figure this has to do with the 64-bit nature of the OS and python, but not >being a python person, don't know what a workaround would be. > >Any ideas?
Hm. It sounds like perhaps the 64-bit Python in question isn't able to read bytecode for Python from a 32-bit Python version. You'll need to download the setuptools source archive from PyPI and install it using "python setup.py install" instead. In the meantime, I'm going to inquire on Python-Dev about whether a 64-bit Python should be able to read 32-bit bytecode, as I was under the impression Python's bytecode format was supposed to be cross-platform. See e.g.: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-March/213039.html _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
