trouble building python2.4
Matthew Thorley
ruach at chpc.utah.edu
Wed Dec 22 12:24:22 EST 2004
Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Matthew Thorley wrote:
>
>> Greetings, I just downloaded the python2.4 source from python.org and
>> built it the usual way, i.e. ./configure && make. What I don't
>> understand is that the resulting binary, when run, prints this line
>> Python 2.3.4 (#1, Nov 15 2004, 10:29:48) at the top of its banner.
>> Further more, the poplib modules complains when I try to call the
>> poplib.POP3_SSL class, saying that the module has no such class,
>> though the online docs say it does.
>
>
> You've got a copy of Python 2.3.4 installed on your system which is in
> your PATH first.
>
I have got to be the stupidest person on the face of the planet. Thanks
very much. I was in the Python-2.4 dir, but I didn't call python with
./python. I can't believe I missed that.
Thanks again
-Matthew
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