[Zope] Strange errors while 'make'ing

[a blob of green gelatin]

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Chris McDonough wrote:

> These are warnings coming from GCC (as opposed to errors, which would prevent 
> compilation from finishing).
>
> GCC 4.X emits these pointer signedness warnings whereas earlier GCC versions 
> did not.  This issue has been fixed on the Zope trunk, I believe (the 
> codebase which will become Zope 2.10).

Thanks for the answer!

I went ahead and continued then with my installation.

after running 'make install' with no problems, I created an instance via 
the /usr/local/bin/zope/bin/mkzopeinstance.py script.  The script ran fine 
with no errors.

Following the INSTALL.txt file in the Zope directory, my next step would 
be to head over to my installed instance and run the zopectl script to get 
things going.

When I ran it, I get the following:

slimemold[62]:/home/jello/zope/bin% ./zopectl start
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/zopectl.py", line 
316, in ?
     main()
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/zopectl.py", line 
274, in main
     options.realize(args)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/zopectl.py", line 91, 
in realize
     ZDOptions.realize(self, *args, **kw)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/zdaemon/zdoptions.py", line 273, in 
realize
     self.load_schema()
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/zdaemon/zdoptions.py", line 321, in 
load_schema
     self.schema = ZConfig.loadSchema(self.schemafile)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZConfig/loader.py", line 31, in 
loadSchema
     return SchemaLoader().loadURL(url)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZConfig/loader.py", line 65, in 
loadURL
     return self.loadResource(r)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZConfig/loader.py", line 159, in 
loadResource
     schema = ZConfig.schema.parseResource(resource, self)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZConfig/schema.py", line 27, in 
parseResource
     xml.sax.parse(resource.file, parser)
   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/__init__.py", line 
31, in parse
     parser.parse(filename_or_stream)
   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", 
line 109, in parse
     xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/xmlreader.py", 
line 123, in parse
     self.feed(buffer)
   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", 
line 216, in feed
     self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)
   File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/_xmlplus/sax/expatreader.py", 
line 311, in start_element
     self._cont_handler.startElement(name, AttributesImpl(attrs))
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZConfig/schema.py", line 99, in 
startElement
     getattr(self, "start_" + name)(attrs)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZConfig/schema.py", line 475, in 
start_schema
     keytype, valuetype, datatype = self.get_sect_typeinfo(attrs)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZConfig/schema.py", line 201, in 
get_sect_typeinfo
     datatype = self.get_datatype(attrs, "datatype", "null", base)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZConfig/schema.py", line 194, in 
get_datatype
     return self._registry.get(dtname)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZConfig/datatypes.py", line 398, in 
get
     t = self.search(name)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZConfig/datatypes.py", line 423, in 
search
     package = __import__(n, g, g, component)
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/Zope2/Startup/datatypes.py", line 
20, in ?
     from ZODB.config import ZODBDatabase
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/ZODB/__init__.py", line 20, in ?
     from persistent import TimeStamp
   File "/usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/persistent/__init__.py", line 19, 
in ?
     from cPersistence import Persistent, GHOST, UPTODATE, CHANGED, STICKY
ImportError: /usr/local/bin/zope/lib/python/persistent/cPersistence.so: 
undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_AsEncodedString


I configured this to use /usr/local/bin/python (2.4.2 compiled) instead of 
the default /usr/bin/python (2.4.1 package).

I searched the archives to look for something here, and I've found one 
similar thread:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/zope/users/163264?search_string=%2Bzopectl%20%2Bimporterror;#163264

which mentions some possibilities:

"Ah. uhm.. sorry. This traceback can only occur when cPersistence.so
wasnt compiled yet, has been deleted, is for the wrong python version
or is otherwise unavailable.
It is usually generated thru installation/compilation.

I'd check paths for INSTANCE_HOME, SOFTWARE_HOME etc;
which python version is used (and if its different to
the version you installed with) "

So far with this installation, the only (as far as I can tell) 
modification from the vanilla installation is that I'm using a seperate 
python instance on the box.  Otherwise it's a simple configure/make/make 
install from the /tmp directory.

I installed zope to /usr/local/bin/zope and given my regular user write 
permissions (via group) to that directory so that my 'make install' didn't 
require a sudo.  I installed the instance to /home/jello/zope and ran the 
/home/jello/zope/bin/zopectl start command (as referenced above) with the 
aforementioned output.

I'm thinking it must be something really simple because I'm not seeing it 
in the archives and I'm not really deviating from what's in the 
doc/INSTALL.txt file.  (I didn't see anything different in the Zope book 
either.  It's all pretty straightforward from what I'm reading. 
http://www.plope.com/Books/2_7Edition/InstallingZope.stx#2-6)

Anyone have ideas?  I'd appreciate it!

Thanks in advance!

-Chris
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