[Python-checkins] r52754 - python/trunk/README

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Wed Nov 15 18:42:03 2006
New Revision: 52754

Modified:
   python/trunk/README
Log:
Bug #1594809: add a note to README regarding PYTHONPATH and make install.


Modified: python/trunk/README
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/README	(original)
+++ python/trunk/README	Wed Nov 15 18:42:03 2006
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@
 available for all modern systems, either in the form of updated
 compilers from the vendor, or one of the free compilers (gcc).
 
+If "make install" fails mysteriously during the "compiling the library"
+step, make sure that you don't have any of the PYTHONPATH or PYTHONHOME
+environment variables set, as they may interfere with the newly built
+executable which is compiling the library.
+
 Unsupported systems
 -------------------