Troubleshooting installing Python 1.5.2 on BSDI 3.1 virtual server account

[wes]

"wes" <newsgroup at 1mactod.com> wrote in message news:...
> Greetings,
>
> Trying to get Python 1.5.2 to make and install on a BSDI 3.1-based virtual
> server account at an IPP for the past two weeks and no luck! And Zope was
> installed and running on my Win98 PC in less than 5 minutes! Yeow!
>
>
> Currently getting the following error on BSDI 3.1:
>
> gcc -D_HAVE_BSDI -c -g -O2 -I./../Include -I.. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/
> ./importdl.c
> ./importdl.c:269: mach-o/dyld.h: No such file or directory
> *** Error code 1
>
>
> Administrator assisted me in installing 'gmake', 'gcc', and 'install'
> locally and using 'virtual sh' command but still no luck. End up with a
> different error:
>
> gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/Python-1.5.2/Python'
> gcc -D_HAVE_BSDI -c -g -O2 -I./../Include -I.. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/
> ./importdl.c
> /usr/libexec/cpp: Cannot fork
> gmake[1]: *** [importdl.o] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/Python-1.5.2/Python'
> gmake: *** [Python] Error 2
> $
>
>
> Tried following the HOWTO for BSDI 4.X but doesn't seem to work unless I'm
> following it wrong:
> http://yyy.zope.org/Members/BitDancer/bsdi4_x_install
> How-To: Installing Zope under BSDI 4.x
> Created by BitDancer. Last modified on 1999/11/08.
>
> Apparently between BSDI 3.x and BSDI 4.x the way shared libraries are done
> was improved. Python as of 1.5.2 is not aware of this change. This means
> that the compilation of the Zope dynamic modules fails. The fix is simple,
> and has been reported to the Python newsgroup, so hopefully this HOWTO
will
> be obsolete in the near future.
>
> To compile Zope under BSDI 4.x, you have to get your Python installation
> done right. After that Zope compiles without a hitch. Not being a
Configure
> guru, I'm not sure where the neccessary changes go to make the fix
> correctly. So I'll just tell you how I did it:
>
> Run configure with the --with-threads option.
>
> Make sure you have edited Modules/Setup to uncomment the line specifying
> that modules be built for dynamic loading.
>
> Try to make Python. It fails.
>
> Edit Modules/Makefile and change the following three lines to appear as
> indicated here::
>
>      LDSHARED=       gcc -shared
>      CCSHARED=       -fpic
>      LINKFORSHARED=  -Xlinker -export-dynamic
>
>
> Make python. It should work, and the corrected version of the Makefile
> should get copied to the [pythonlib]/config directory.
>
> At this point, Zope should build correctly.
>
> Note that there is a bug somewhere (probably in BSDI) that causes the
Python
> make test to hang in the signal test. This does not appear to impact Zope.
>
>
> Tried python.org and zope.org and weblogs.userland.com/zopeNewbies/ but no
> luck on BSDI information.
>
> Help!
> Thanks!
>
>