Python Dies on "make install"

[Jarek Zgoda]

fartknuckle napisał(a):

> When I try to build and install python from source It configures and 
> makes fine but upon 'make install' I always get to this
> point:
> 
> 
> 
> Listing /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax ...
> Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/__init__.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/_exceptions.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/expatreader.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/handler.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/saxutils.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xml/sax/xmlreader.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xmllib.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/xmlrpclib.py ...
> Compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.5/zipfile.py ...
> make: *** [libinstall] Error 1                     
> 
> 
> 
> I am currently trying to install 2.5.1. I get the error no matter what the
> version is. Does anyone have an idea what may be causing this?
> 
> I have gone through the config.log and found no errors concerning
> zipfile.py or zipfile or zip. I am thinking the error is the next command
> after the zipfile.py installation because I can go into 
> /usr/local/lib/python2.5 and zipfile.py is installed.
> 
> Any help much appreciated.

I saw this (and reported this issue in SF's tracker) at some time around
2.2/2.3 (just cann't recall). I don't know what causes this problem
exactly, but in my case the installation succeeded if I removed prevoius
python's library directory (/usr/lib/python2.x or
/usr/local/lib/python2.x). The module that stopped installation was
exactly the same.

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Jarek Zgoda
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