[Zope] Python 1.5.2 on Slackware 4.0

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Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:01:53 -0400


Has anyone been sucessful in installing Python 1.5.2 on Slackware 4.0?
A good part of it runs without any problem, however, some of the key modules
do not work.

Some have suggested that my Python installed was hosed. I've checked Deja
and the web and have not found reference to this problem. Python folks have
said it's a glibc version problem.  Having some trouble with the time module
specifically when I run the following test:

 /tmp/Python-1.5.2$ python
 Python 1.5.2 (#3, Sep  8 1999, 17:29:29)  [GCC 2.7.2.3] on linux2
 Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
 >>> import time
 >>> time.daylight
 Traceback (innermost last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
 AttributeError: daylight
 >>>

 Here's how & what I installed.

Slackware 4
Linux version 2.2.6(gcc version 2.7.2.3) #11 Wed Jul
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Memory: 30592k/32576k available (956k kernel code, 412k reserved, 568k data,
48k init)
CPU: Intel Mobile Pentium MMX stepping 01

Downloaded py152.tgz from ftp.python.org and uncompressed/untarred it into
/tmp/Python-1.5.2