[ python-Bugs-1393109 ] cannot build SVN trunk on old systems

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Bugs item #1393109, was opened at 2005-12-29 12:25
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Category: Build
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Fredrik Lundh (effbot)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: cannot build SVN trunk on old systems

Initial Comment:
Parser/asdl_c.py uses "/usr/bin/env python" to
find a proper python, but the script don't work
on old Pythons (at least it fails on 2.1 and
older).

iirc, various solutions to this were discussed on
python-dev, but nobody seems to have done anything
about it.

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>Comment By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Date: 2006-01-01 20:31

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One issue I see in asdl.py is that new-style classes are
used.  I don't know if they are really necessary.  You could
try adding something like this to the top of asdl.py and see
if that fixes things:

try:
  object
except NameError:
  class object: pass

Or maybe we just shouldn't make them new-style if that does
fix things.  I don't have an old version of python around.

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