Problem Compiling Python on OpenBSD.

[Kenneth R Westerback]

There is a python port in the /usr/ports/lang directory. On 2.5
this will be 1.5 I believe. In the current ports tree there is
now a 1.5.2 port that works fine for me, i.e. compiles and
functions. This port MAY work on 2.5 but you would need to 
update the mk infrastructure file for the make I believe.

Easiest would be to install 2.6 and then update your ports tree
and then install the port.

Alternatively you might just update your ports tree, look at the
patches (/usr/ports/lang/python/patches/*) to see what had to be
patched to get 1.5.2 working.

.... Ken
 
"Crass A. Hole" wrote:
> 
> I am trying to compile and install Python 1.5.2 from source on an
> OpenBSD 2.5 (uname -a= "OpenBSD loki.mysoapbox.org 2.5 GENERIC#243
> i386") machine.
> 
> I have installed GCC 2.95.1 and am using that as the compiler.
> 
> Most of the peices parts compile just fine, but longs of things break
> if I try to compile the modules as shared (which is ok, I just compile
> them statically), and the big problem is that the socketmodule fails on
> "make test". It gives me a:
> 
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "./Lib/test/test_socket.py", line 72, in ?
>     hname, aliases, ipaddrs = socket.gethostbyaddr(ip)
> socket.error: host not found
> 
> when I do a ./python ./Lib/test/test_socketmodule.py
> 
> This is most troublesome, since one of the reasons I am installing
> python is to use mailman, and in it's ./configure script, it seems to
> want socketmodule to work properly...
> 
> Do I also need to install the newest glibc in order for things to work
> properly, or is glibc just a Linux thing (most of my "Unix" experience
> is on Linux, with some Solaris. I've just got this one BSD box for
> variety and security).
> 
> Is the problem with OpenBSD, or GCC? I know it isn't Python, since in
> builds fine on Solaris and Linux.