Re: Frustrated trying to build beecrypt & rpm on a Debian system whereI'm not root

[Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-rpm 43b295 mired org>]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:31:58 -0500 "Johri, Mayank (GTI)" <mayank_johri ml com> wrote:

> Paul,
> 
> It should be 
> from os.path import curdir,... Instead of from os.path import (curdir,

The "(curdir, ..." is from python 2.5, and causes the next line to be
a continuation line (standard python parsing: an open paren always
does that). That is, it probably said something like:

from os.path import (curdir, pardir, sep, pathsep, defpath, extsep,
      altsep, join)

and you'll want to change it to

from os.path import curdir, pardir, sep, pathsep, defpath, extsep, altsep, join

or

from os.path import curdir, pardir, sep, pathsep, defpath, extsep, \
      altsep, join

Of course, that this is in their sources means they haven't tested
against 2.4, so you may encounter more such problems. In this case,
the "What's new in 2.5" (http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/whatsnew25.html)
is probably worth reading.

   <mike



> Thanks and Regards,
> Mayank Johri
> Merrill Lynch & Co.
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> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpm-list-bounces redhat com [mailto:rpm-list-bounces redhat com]
> On Behalf Of Paul Johnson
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 1:23 PM
> To: RPM Package Manager
> Subject: Frustrated trying to build beecrypt & rpm on a Debian system
> whereI'm not root
> 
> 
> I have a user account on Dreamhost.com. I've been making RPMs for
> Scientific Linux and posting them here
> 
> http://pj.freefaculty.org/ScientificLinux/5
> 
> A guy says "create a repository there" and I've been fighting with the
> problem of building, installing, and using Python modules in a place
> that is NOT /usr/lib/python2.4.
> 
> I'm using the configure option --prefix=/home/pauljohn32/packages when
> I build everything.   TO make RPM's configure  find the Beecrypt I
> have to force in a CFLAG -I/home/pauljohn32/packages/include
> 
> and I set the environment variable
> 
> PYTHONPATH=/home/pauljohn32/packages/lib/python2.4:/usr/lib/python2.4
> 
> One problem is that the Beecrypt source from the Fedora 8 distribution
> is hardcoded to put the python modules in that system place, and it
> ignores the install prefix.  I can hand edit the Makefile so they go
> into /home/pauljohn32/packages/lib/python2.4.   I've built rpm several
> times and installed it, thinking I had tricked it into installing
> modules into my user home directory, only to have runtime failures in
> the createrepo scripts.  Those are hardcoded to go into /usr/, but i
> can revise that.  Still, I get crashes because python components are
> not found.
> 
> 
> $ createrepo /home/pauljohn32/freefaculty.org/ScientificLinux/5/i386/
> 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/home/pauljohn32/packages/share/createrepo/genpkgmetadata.py",
> line 23, in ?
>     import os
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.4/os.py", line 133
>     from os.path import (curdir, pardir, sep, pathsep, defpath, extsep,
> altsep,
>                         ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> 
> 
> I'm a Perl programmer, and I am sorry to say I find Python docs not as
> helpful for non-root users!  Please throw me a bone (for the holiday
> spirit).
> 
> PJ
> -- 
> Paul E. Johnson
> Professor, Political Science
> 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
> University of Kansas
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