From: S.I.Reynolds at cs.bham.ac.uk (Stuart I Reynolds)
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 19:44:11 +0100
Subject: Install trouble
Message-ID: <371A27FB.5166@cs.bham.ac.uk>
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Dear all,

I'm having trouble installing the latest Python release. I'm also trying
to install for multiple platforms (Solaris and DEC OSF1). Here's what
happens when I try to do the Solaris installation:

% cd ~/tmp/
% tar -xvf py152.tar
% cd Python-1.5.2/
% mkdir /bham/ums/solaris/pd/packages/Python-1.5.2/
% cd /bham/ums/solaris/pd/packages/Python-1.5.2/

#This is how the README instructs X-platform installs
#These options worked with the 1.5.1 install
% /home/pg/sir/tmp/Python-1.5.2/configure
--exec-prefix=/bham/ums/solaris/pd/packages/Python-1.5.2
--prefix=/bham/ums/common/pd/packages/Python-1.5.2 --with-gcc
--with-thread
% make
[.
 .
 .
gcc -c -g -O2 -I/home/pg/sir/tmp/Python-1.5.2/Python/../Include -I..
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DPLATFORM='"sunos5"' \
              /home/pg/sir/tmp/Python-1.5.2/Python/getplatform.c
make: Fatal error: Don't know how to make target
`../Include/patchlevel.h'
Current working directory
/bham/ums/solaris/pd/packages/Python-1.5.2/Python
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `Python'
 .
 .
 .]


Cheers,

Stuart




