[Python-Dev] problem installing current cvs

[Irmen de Jong]

Hi,
I'm having 2 problems with the current cvs :

During compilation this warning occurs:
*** WARNING: renaming "dbm" since importing it failed: build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/
dbm.so: undefined symbol: dbm_firstkey

and the 'dbm' module is unavailable.
I'm running MandrakeLinux 2005 (10.2) gcc 3.4.3
(I'm also having this problem when compiling python 2.3.5 or 2.4.1)


furthermore the 'make install' of current cvs fails halfway trough
with the following errors:

   .....
   .....
Compiling /opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_associate.py ...
Sorry: TabError: ('inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation', 
('/opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_associate.py', 97, 23, '\t 
os.mkdir(homeDir)\n'))
Compiling /opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_basics.py ...
Sorry: TabError: ('inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation', 
('/opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_basics.py', 400, 26, '\t    if 
get_raises_error:\n'))
Compiling /opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_compare.py ...
Sorry: TabError: ('inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation', 
('/opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_compare.py', 167, 5, '\t"""\n'))
   .....
   .....
Compiling /opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_recno.py ...
Sorry: TabError: ('inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation', 
('/opt/python25/lib/python2.5/bsddb/test/test_recno.py', 38, 46, '\tget_returns_none = 
d.set_get_returns_none(2)\n'))
   .....
   .....
make: *** [libinstall] Error 1
$

And then it quits.
Fixing the tab indentation errors locally makes the problem go away.


Regards,

Irmen de Jong