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Python 1.5.x (x > 1) for BeOS
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This directory contains several useful things to help you build your own
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version of Python for BeOS.
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What's Here?
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ar-fake - A shell script used by the build process to emulate a "real"
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POSIX ar command; helps to build the Python shared library.
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dl_export.h - A header defining the evil magic declaration decorations
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required for dynamic loading.
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linkcc - A shell script used by the build process to build the Python
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shared library.
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linkmodule - A shell script used by the build process to build the
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shared library versions of the standard modules; you'll
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probably need this if you want to build dynamically loaded
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modules from the Python archives.
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README - This file (obviously!).
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README.readline-2.2 - Instructions for compiling/installing GNU readline 2.2.
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You'll have to grab the GNU readline source code from
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prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/GNU or any other GNU mirror.
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The Python interpreter is much nicer to work with
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interactively if you've got readline installed. Highly
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recommended.
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Compiling Your Own Version
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To compile your own version of Python 1.5.x for BeOS (with any luck,
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Python 1.5.2 and later will compile "out of the box" on BeOS), try this:
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1) Get the latest Python source code from ftp.python.org.
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2) Configure with:
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./configure --verbose --prefix=/boot/home/config --with-thread
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3) Copy Modules/Setup.in to Modules/Setup.
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4) Edit Modules/Setup to turn on all the modules you want built.
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Make sure you use _socket instead of socket for the name of the
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socketmodule on BeOS.
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If you want the modules to be built as shared libraries, instead of as
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part of the Python shared library, be sure to uncomment the #*shared*
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line.
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I've tried the following modules:
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regex pcre posix signal readline array cmath math strop struct time
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operator _locale fcntl pwd grp select _socket errno crypt termios
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audioop imageop rgbimg md5 timing rotor syslog curses new gdbm soundex
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binascii parser cStringIO cPickle zlib
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Note that some of these (readline, curses, gdbm, and zlib) require extra
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libraries that aren't supplied with Python. If you don't have the extra
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libs (you can probably get them from GeekGadgets), don't try to use
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these modules; they won't compile.
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5) Make:
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make
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6) Test:
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make test
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Expect the following errors:
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test_grp crashed -- exceptions.KeyError : getgrnam(): name not found
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test_pwd failed -- Writing: 'fakename', expected: 'caught e'
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test_socket crashed -- exceptions.AttributeError : SOCK_RAW
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These are all due to either partial support for certain things (like
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sockets), or valid differences between systems.
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NOTE: On R4/x86, the pause() function is broken; expect the signal
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module test to crash Python!
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7) Install:
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make install
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8) Enjoy!
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- Chris Herborth (chrish@beoscentral.com)
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January 12, 1999
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