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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> ./configure returns errors installing mailman-2.0.13 with Python-2.2.1 under the Solaris 8 operating environment, Ultra 5.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The initial errors I encounter were with the UID and group ID checking.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I fixed these by following the advice from the post below: </FONT>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Re: [Mailman-Users] Solaris install problem</FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"David Sammons <sammons_david@yahoo.com.mx> writes: DS> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">You have a module "pwd" in python2.../Modules/Setup which it's commented, just uncomment that and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">re-compile python and if it's necessary MM too... </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But the odd this is that with Python 2.2.1, it should auto-detect and automatically build the pwd module, without hacking Setup. If id doesn't do that, then there's a problem with the Python build process, but I didn't see that when I built it on SourceForge's compile farm. -Barry"</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Now the script runs until this point: </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">checking for mail wrapper GID... 60001</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">checking for CGI wrapper GID... 60001</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">checking for CGI extensions... no</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Traceback (most recent call last):</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> File "conftest.py", line 2, in ?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> from socket import *</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/socket.py", line 41, in ?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> from _socket import *</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ImportError: No module named _socket</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> pwd</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Anyone have an idea how to edit the /Python-2.2.1/Modules/Setup file, or should I look for another combination of source codes?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thank you,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-Jeff Friedman</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">jfriedman@ndwcorp.com </FONT>
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