Compiling Python source code

[Gerhard Häring]

On 28 May 2001 21:31:15 GMT, JimB417 <jimb417 at aol.com> wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I downloaded the RPM source files for Python 2.1 (expat-1.1-3tummy.src.rpm,
>python2-2.1-4.src.rpm ) and I'm having problems with compiling on my Linux
>box. i open a terminal window and type:
>
>rpm --rebuild expat-1.1-3tummy.src.rpm
>
>After a few moments (and all seems to have gone well) I type at the prompt:
>
>rpm --rebuild python2-2.1-4.src.rpm,
>
>and I get the following message:
>
>expat 1.1-3tummy is needed by python2-2.1-4.
>
>What am I doing wrong here? [...]

Looks like you need to install the expat RPM (the binary RPM, most likely
ending in .i386.rpm or .i686.rpm) for compiling the python2 RPM. On my system,
I can find the recompiled RPMs under /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i[36]86. Might be a
similar path depending on what distribution you use.

Gerhard
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reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,map(lambda x:chr(ord(x)^42),tuple('zS^BED\nX_FOY\x0b')))