Python-3.0b1 build fails on Linux : _gestalt

[Helmut Jarausch]

Hi,

trying to build Python-3.0b1 on my Gentoo Linux box fails with

Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules:
_gestalt

Looking at setup.py it seems that module '_gestalt'
is only needed on Darwin but my build on Linux fails
nevertheless.

Thanks for any hints,

Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany

 

[Tommy Nordgren]

Hi,

trying to build Python-3.0b1 on my Gentoo Linux box fails with

Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules:
_gestalt

Looking at setup.py it seems that module '_gestalt'
is only needed on Darwin but my build on Linux fails
nevertheless.

Thanks for any hints,

Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany

Have you run the configure script?
This might happen if you have copied the directory from a machine with
Darwin/Mac OS X
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[Martin v. Löwis]

Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules:

_gestalt

Looking at setup.py it seems that module '_gestalt'
is only needed on Darwin but my build on Linux fails
nevertheless.

Why do you think the build fails (i.e. what specific
error message makes you believe it failed)?

Regards,
Martin

 

[Benjamin]

Hi,

trying to build Python-3.0b1 on my Gentoo Linux box fails with

Failed to find the necessary bits to build these modules:
_gestalt

Looking at setup.py it seems that module '_gestalt'
is only needed on Darwin but my build on Linux fails
nevertheless.

Your build has not failed. The _gestalt module just didn't build and
was marked as missing. Note this has been fixed on the trunk.