[Zope] newbie install problems

Jens Vagelpohl jens@zope.com
Wed, 5 Jun 2002 11:46:33 -0400


this is a FAQ: you must use python 2.1 with zope 2.5.1. python 2.2 is not 
officially spported. as far as i know this is clearly mentioned in the 
docs that come with the source distribution.

jens


On Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at 11:41 , Maring, Steve wrote:

> I'm venturing away from my J2EE cave for a bit to explore Python and Zope.
>
> I've compiled and installed Python 2.2.1 on my Linux box.  I'm trying to
> compile Zope 2.5.1.  I get the following error:
>
> [root@hebe Zope-2.5.1-src]# python wo_pcgi.py
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> Deleting '.pyc' and '.pyo' files recursively under
> /home/smaring/zope/Zope-2.5.1-src...
> Done.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> Compiling python modules
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> Building extension modules
> cp ./lib/python/Setup20 ./lib/python/Setup
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> Compiling extensions in lib/python
> cp /usr/local/lib/python2.2/config/Makefile.pre.in .
> cp: cannot stat `/usr/local/lib/python2.2/config/Makefile.pre.in': No such
> file or directory
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "wo_pcgi.py", line 45, in ?
>   File "wo_pcgi.py", line 33, in main
>   File "/home/smaring/zope/Zope-2.5.1-src/inst/build_extensions.py", line
> 30, in ?
>     make('lib','python')
>   File "/home/smaring/zope/Zope-2.5.1-src/inst/do.py", line 61, in make
>     do("cp %s ." % wheres_Makefile_pre_in())
>   File "/home/smaring/zope/Zope-2.5.1-src/inst/do.py", line 32, in do
>     if i and picky: raise SystemError, i
> SystemError: 256
>
>
>
> Is this "Makefile.pre.in" something that used to be in this directory on
> older versions of Python?
>
> Thanks.
> Steve Maring
> Tarpon Springs, FL  USA
>
>
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