Hello, I tried to build Python 2.4.1 on a Reliant Unix system. Just after the python executable program has been built, I get the following error:
==== begin make output === CC -W1 -Blargedynsym -o python \ Modules/python.o \ libpython2.4.a -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm case $MAKEFLAGS in \ *-s*) CC='cc' LDSHARED='ld' OPT='-DNDEBUG -O' ./python -E ./setup.py -q build;; \ *) CC='cc' LDSHARED='ld' OPT='-DNDEBUG -O' ./python -E ./setup.py build;; \ esac Traceback (most recent call last): File "./setup.py", line 1088, in ? class PyBuildInstallLib(install_lib): File "./setup.py", line 1094, in PyBuildInstallLib so_ext = sysconfig.get_config_var("SO") File "/build_dir/Python-2.4.1/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 511, in get_config_var return get_config_vars().get(name) File "/build_dir/Python-2.4.1/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 488, in get_config_vars func() File "/build_dir/Python-2.4.1/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 358, in _init_posix raise DistutilsPlatformError(my_msg) distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/local/lib/python2.4/config/Makefile (No such file or directory) make: *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error. ==== end make output === It is strange that the Makefile complains about /usr/local/lib/python2.4 since this is still the build phase, far away from the installation into /usr/local. I used the python executable from the build directory to run the following program: import os def main(): if not (os.path.exists("/")): print "/ does not exist" else: print "/ exists" if not (os.path.isdir("/")): print "/ is not a directory" else: print "/ ok" if __name__ == "__main__": main() The output is: / exists / is not a directory It's the same for every (existing) directory name I try: os.path.isdir() always returns false. It looks as if the stat results are not recognised: os.path.exists() works, but all the functions os.path.isdir(), os.path.isfile() etc. don't. Could anyone help me to solve the problem? - Servatius ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Servatius Brandt Phone: +49 89 636-41504 Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fax: +49 89 636-48716 EP SW AD C++ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list