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Subject: What to make of 'make test' for python3 install from source (beaglebone angstrom install).
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After hints here and there from different channels, and a pretty good =
StackOverflow post on the subject, I've concluded that "out of the box", =
the install from source utilities don't really provide many hooks for =
making a "custom/minimal" install. Best bet is basically to do the =
standard install, and then go trim off the fat that wasn't called for. =
If not that, you really have to take ownership of the whole build =
process (e.g. as Debian and others do). Thanks to Ned and others for =
helping along the way.

One part of the recommended install is to 'make test'. In a perfect =
world, I guess everything would pass. Since I'm running an embedded =
linux, on an arm processor, I kind of expect some issues. As the tests =
run, I see that there are indeed some errors here and there. But I don't =
see where they get summarized or anything. I guess I can try to capture =
the output and grep through it. I'm curious how people use the make =
install. Looking to bootstrap off of other's experience, if any has some =
willing to share.


<aside>I find this is a tricky topic to get help with. Most of the =
python mailing list and irc channel is really about _python_ questions. =
Not the meta aspect of building it. And the python-dev guys make it =
pretty clear (in a nice way) that python-dev is for developing the next =
version of python (3.4 at the moment). They're probably the ones that =
really know these answers more than the lay python developer though. =
It's too bad there's not a forum "in between" to share/ask for help with =
these kinds of things.</aside>


--Travis Griggs
"I multiply all estimates by pi to account for running around in =
circles"=