[issue9762] PEP 3149 related build failures

2012-08-20 Thread Stephen M McQuay
Stephen M McQuay added the comment: I cobbled together a mix of what I found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1976837 http://blog.schmichael.com/2012/05/29/building-python-2-6-8-on-ubuntu-12-04/ and got python 2.6 to build fine on modern Ubuntu : % python -mplatform Linux-3.2.0-2

[issue9762] PEP 3149 related build failures

2012-04-17 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: On Apr 17, 2012, at 01:56 PM, Senthil Kumaran wrote: >I stumbled upon this bug when trying to compile Python2.6 from source on >Ubuntu 11.10. If this bug report or the related one issue11715 is a problem >due to Ubuntu changes, I think, it is good inform in th

[issue9762] PEP 3149 related build failures

2012-04-17 Thread Senthil Kumaran
Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Hi Barry, I stumbled upon this bug when trying to compile Python2.6 from source on Ubuntu 11.10. If this bug report or the related one issue11715 is a problem due to Ubuntu changes, I think, it is good inform in the download or news page. People try previo

[issue9762] PEP 3149 related build failures

2011-04-17 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: On Apr 17, 2011, at 01:46 PM, Jan Groenewald wrote: >Jan Groenewald added the comment: > >I am trying to build www.sagemath.org on ubuntu 10.04 natty beta 2 for amd64. >Bear with me. As described in your follow up, the problem is really on 11.04. >Sage inc

[issue9762] PEP 3149 related build failures

2011-04-17 Thread Jan Groenewald
Jan Groenewald added the comment: Oops, correction. Ubuntu 11.04 beta 2 for amd64. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mail

[issue9762] PEP 3149 related build failures

2011-04-17 Thread Jan Groenewald
Jan Groenewald added the comment: I am trying to build www.sagemath.org on ubuntu 10.04 natty beta 2 for amd64. Bear with me. Sage includes a patched version of python2.6.4, and it fails to build modules nis and crypt. Upstream python 2.6.4, 2.6.6, and 2.7.1 fail to build with the same error

[issue9762] PEP 3149 related build failures

2010-10-25 Thread Barry A. Warsaw
Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: Closing this because I can't think of anything better than your workaround (plus, I was apparently unable to reproduce it). -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed title: build failures -> PEP 3149 related build failures _