[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #117070] README instructions for configuring Setup are not helpful

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Bug #117070, was updated on 2000-Oct-17 02:54
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Documentation
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: None
Priority: 6
Summary: README instructions for configuring Setup are not helpful

Details: The instructions in the README file for configuring the Setup file are not useful. There is no indication of when you are supposed to edit the file. So far as I can tell the only way to configure python is either:

  ./configure
  make
  vim Modules/Setup
  make

or:

  ./configure
  vim Modules/Setup.in
  make

neither of which are particularly satisfactory.

The README file simply says "if [the Setup file] does not exist yet, make a copy yourself", without any indication of how you actually do this. 'make Setup' in the Modules directory does not work because there is no Makefile in the Modules directory yet.

Follow-Ups:

Date: 2000-Oct-18 16:28
By: none

Comment:
in my copy of the README file, there's a section called
"Build instructions", which tells you to build a basic interpreter (configure, make), and then tells you to see the sections on "testing", "configuring additional modules", and "installation"...

sounds like you only read the "configuring additional modules" section...

(satisfactory or not, it's a good idea to make sure the interpreter builds cleanly on your platform *before* you start fiddling with the extension modules...)

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