[Image-SIG] building Imaging

[Fredrik Lundh]

Jeffrey Boser <verin@lvcm.com> wrote:
> Any reason why this just won't work?  And how come I have to
> build python twice just to use this?  (once before, and once
> after to get the imaging module to compile)
> 
> .....jeff
> 
> [root@dhcp085 Imaging-1.0]# make -f Makefile.pre.in boot
> rm -f *.o *~
> rm -f *.a tags TAGS config.c Makefile.pre python sedscript
> rm -f *.so *.sl so_locations
> VERSION=`python -c "import sys; print sys.version[:3]"`; \
> installdir=`python -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"`; \
> exec_installdir=`python -c "import sys; print sys.exec_prefix"`; \
> make -f ./Makefile.pre.in VPATH=. srcdir=. \
>         VERSION=$VERSION \
>         installdir=$installdir \
>         exec_installdir=$exec_installdir \
>         Makefile
> make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Imaging-1.0'
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target
> `/usr/lib/python1.5/config/Makefile', needed by `sedscript'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Imaging-1.0'
> make: *** [boot] Error 2

no idea.  what platform is this on?

(it looks like something's wrong with your python
installation, since the Makefile.pre.in stuff cannot
find the configuration file...)

</F>