Joe Conway wrote:
> Gaetano Mendola wrote:
>
>> Joe Conway wrote:
>>
>>> # python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib as f;
>>> import os; print
>>> os.path.join(f(plat_specific=1,standard_lib=1),'config')"
>>> /usr/lib64/python2.3/config
>>>
>>> Any other proposals? If not, any objections to the attached patch?
>>
>>
>> No one, we have to check also for the presence of distutils package
>> installation.
>> It's not installed by default and I was bitten by it during the RPM
>> building for
>> RH AS 2.1
>
>
> What version of python comes with RH2.1?
1.5.2
> In any case, the online documentation for python suggests that it is
> reasonable to expect that distutils is already installed (by default for
> python >= 1.6, and by the user for python 1.5.2). See:
> http://www.python.org/doc/2.2.3/dist/intro.html
>
> If there are no other objections, I'll commit the attached in about 24
> hours.
Are you going also to change the configure so it will check the distutils
package installation ?
Regards
Gaetano Mendola
