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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:06:43 -0400
Subject: Re: python 6 compilation failure on RHEL
From: Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com>
To: John Nagle <nagle@animats.com>
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:34 AM, John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> wrote:
>     After a thread of clueless replies, it's clear that nobody
> responding actually read the build log.  Here's the problem:

The very first reply, Emile's, pointed out that these were optional
modules, and that python did, in fact build successfully.

>   Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules:
>         bsddb185
>         dl
>         imageop
>         sunaudiodev
>
> What's wrong is that the Python 2.6 build script is looking for
> some antiquated packages that aren't in a current RHEL.  Those
> need to be turned off.

They don't need to be turned off.  They can either be ignored (because
they aren't needed, and did not cause the build to fail), or the
development libraries for those pieces can be installed and python
recompiled.

The rest of the thread has been commenting on the OP's choice of
python version and operating system.  That's not exactly on topic, but
the original question was answered in the very first response.

-- 
Jerry