[Python-Dev] socket module build failure

[Charles-François Natali]

Hello,

2011/10/7 Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk>:
> I work on Ubuntu Jaunty for my cpython development work - an old version, I
> know, but still quite serviceable and has worked well for me over many months.
> With the latest default cpython repository, however, I can't run the regression
> suite because the socket module now fails to build:
>

It's due to the recent inclusion of PF_CAN support:
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e767318baccd

It looks like your header files are different from what's found in
other distributions.
Please reopen issue #10141, we'll try to go from there.

Cheers,

cf