compiling 2.3.5 on ubuntu

[Py PY]

(Apologies if this appears twice. I posted it yesterday and it was held
due to a 'suspicious header')

I'm having a hard time trying to get a couple of tests to pass when
compling Python 2.3.5 on Ubuntu Server Edition 6.06 LTS. I'm sure it's
not too far removed from the desktop edition but, clearly, I need to
tweak something or install some missling libs.

uname -a

Linux server 2.6.15-23-server #1 SMP Tue May 23 15:10:35 UTC 2006 i686
GNU/Linux

When I compile Python I get these failing

4 skips unexpected on linux2:
test_dbm test_mpz test_bsddb test_locale

I've got libgdbm-dev and libgdbm3 packages installed.

Help!

 

[Py PY]

Sorry to be a pest but is there anybody that could help me understand
a) if any of this is a problem; and b) where I can learn how to fix it.

Thank you very much for any pointers.

 

[Justin Azoff]

(Apologies if this appears twice. I posted it yesterday and it was held
due to a 'suspicious header')

I'm having a hard time trying to get a couple of tests to pass when
compling Python 2.3.5 on Ubuntu Server Edition 6.06 LTS. I'm sure it's
not too far removed from the desktop edition but, clearly, I need to
tweak something or install some missling libs.

Why are you compiling a package that is already built for you?

 

[Steve Holden]

Why are you compiling a package that is already built for you?

I'm quessing because (s)he wants to test programs on less recent
versions of Python. Ubuntu 5.10 was already up to Python 2.4.2, so I
can't imagine there's anything older on Ubuntu 6.06.

regards
Steve

 

[Justin Azoff]

I'm quessing because (s)he wants to test programs on less recent
versions of Python. Ubuntu 5.10 was already up to Python 2.4.2, so I
can't imagine there's anything older on Ubuntu 6.06.

regards
Steve

Both are avaiaible...

 

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

I'm quessing because (s)he wants to test programs on less recent
versions of Python. Ubuntu 5.10 was already up to Python 2.4.2, so I
can't imagine there's anything older on Ubuntu 6.06.

There's a `python2.3` package with version 2.3.5 and a `python2.2` with
version 2.2.3 in it. All of them can be installed side by side.

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch