Build error Python 2.4.1 - stat problem?

[Servatius.Brandt at fujitsu-siemens.com]

Hello,

I tried to build Python 2.4.1 on a Reliant Unix system.  Just after the
python executable program has been built, I get the following error:

==== begin make output ===
	CC  -W1 -Blargedynsym -o python \
			Modules/python.o \
			libpython2.4.a -lresolv -lsocket -lnsl -ldl
-lm  
	case $MAKEFLAGS in \
	*-s*)  CC='cc' LDSHARED='ld' OPT='-DNDEBUG -O' ./python -E
./setup.py -q build;; \
	*)  CC='cc' LDSHARED='ld' OPT='-DNDEBUG -O' ./python -E
./setup.py build;; \
	esac
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./setup.py", line 1088, in ?
    class PyBuildInstallLib(install_lib):
  File "./setup.py", line 1094, in PyBuildInstallLib
    so_ext = sysconfig.get_config_var("SO")
  File "/build_dir/Python-2.4.1/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 511,
in get_config_var
    return get_config_vars().get(name)
  File "/build_dir/Python-2.4.1/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 488,
in get_config_vars
    func()
  File "/build_dir/Python-2.4.1/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 358,
in _init_posix
    raise DistutilsPlatformError(my_msg)
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation:
unable to open /usr/local/lib/python2.4/config/Makefile (No such file or
directory)
make: *** Error code 1

make: Fatal error.
==== end make output ===

It is strange that the Makefile complains about /usr/local/lib/python2.4
since this is still the build phase, far away from the installation into
/usr/local.


I used the python executable from the build directory to run the
following program:

    import os

    def main():
        if not (os.path.exists("/")):
            print "/ does not exist"
        else:
            print "/ exists"
        if not (os.path.isdir("/")):
            print "/ is not a directory"
        else:
            print "/ ok"
    
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        main()

The output is:

    / exists
    / is not a directory

It's the same for every (existing) directory name I try: os.path.isdir()
always returns false.

It looks as if the stat results are not recognised: os.path.exists()
works, but all the functions os.path.isdir(), os.path.isfile() etc.
don't.

Could anyone help me to solve the problem?

- Servatius

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