Problems compiling _tkinter

[David Pugh]

Dear Python people,

    I get the following errors when I try to make python2.2.2:

building '_tkinter' extension
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -DWITH_APPINIT=1 
-I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/./Include 
-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Include 
-I/usr/local/Python-2.2.2 -c /usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c 
-o build/temp.linux-i686-2.2/_tkinter.o
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c: In function `Merge':
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c:351: warning: passing arg 2 
of `Tcl_Merge' from incompatible pointer type
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c: In function `Split':
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c:383: warning: passing arg 4 
of `Tcl_SplitList' from incompatible pointer type
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c: In function `Tkapp_Call':
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c:627: warning: initialization 
discards qualifiers from pointer target type
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c: In function `SetVar':
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c:935: warning: assignment 
discards qualifiers from pointer target type
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c:947: warning: assignment 
discards qualifiers from pointer target type
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c: In function `GetVar':
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c:988: warning: assignment 
discards qualifiers from pointer target type
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c:991: warning: assignment 
discards qualifiers from pointer target type
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c: In function 
`Tkapp_SplitList':
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c:1197: warning: passing arg 4 
of `Tcl_SplitList' from incompatible pointer type
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c: In function 
`Tkapp_CreateCommand':
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/_tkinter.c:1357: warning: passing arg 3 
of `Tcl_CreateCommand' from incompatible pointer type
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -DWITH_APPINIT=1 
-I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/./Include 
-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Include 
-I/usr/local/Python-2.2.2 -c 
/usr/local/Python-2.2.2/Modules/tkappinit.c -o 
build/temp.linux-i686-2.2/tkappinit.o
gcc -shared build/temp.linux-i686-2.2/_tkinter.o 
build/temp.linux-i686-2.2/tkappinit.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib 
-ltk8.4 -ltcl8.4 -lX11 -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.2/_tkinter.so
WARNING: removing "_tkinter" since importing it failed

The only other errors in the make are some warnings about tempnam_r in 
posixmodule.c.

Any ideas?

David
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University of the Western Cape
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