2.4beta1 distutil problem?

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,

I'd like to install SCons (http://www.scons.org) on my Linux box.
There, the cvs version of Python is running.
Doing as recommended in the README file

export SCONS_LIB_DIR=`pwd`/src/engine
python src/script/scons.py build/scons

I get after some time
/usr/local/bin/python build/scons/setup.py bdist_wininst
running bdist_wininst
running build
running build_py
running build_scripts
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/Obj/OBJ/Python/SCons/scons/build/scons/setup.py", line 221, in ?
     apply(distutils.core.setup, (), arguments)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/distutils/core.py", line 149, in setup
     dist.run_commands()
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 946, in 
run_commands
     self.run_command(cmd)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in 
run_command
     cmd_obj.run()
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py", 
line 127, in run
     assert self.skip_build, "Should have already checked this"
AssertionError: Should have already checked this
scons: *** [build/scons/dist/scons-0.96.win32.exe] Error 1
 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ^^^^^^^^^
Remember this is a build on a Linux machine.


This install procedure is claimed to work with Python 2.3.x .

Thanks for any hints,
Helmut.


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Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany