[Python-Dev] [python-committers] Failed to build select

[Chris Jerdonek]

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Ned Deily <nad at python.org> wrote:
> On Aug 8, 2016, at 02:45, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:
>>
>> Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
>> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
>> Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
>> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
>
> On Aug 8, 2016, at 03:25, Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdonek at gmail.com> wrote:
>> FWIW, I would be interested in learning more about the above warning
>> (its significance, how it can be addressed, whether it can be ignored,
>> etc). I also get this message when installing 3.5.2 from source on
>> Ubuntu 14.04.
>
> Those messages are harmless and are generated by the Makefile steps that update Importlib's bootstrap files, Python/importlib_external.h and Python/importlib_external.h.  See http://bugs.python.org/issue14928 for the origins of this.  It should be possible to fix the Makefile to suppress those messages.  I suggest you open an issue about it.

I created an issue for this here: http://bugs.python.org/issue27713

--Chris