On 26 January 2000, Stephen Walton said:
Using the 0.1.2 release, all the tests fail, basically because "from sysconfig import AR" fails. Where should that come from? It appears it should be in the config.h set up when I built Python, but I can't find it.
For the record (ie. for the list archive and collective benefit of the SIG), here's how this one was resolved: Stephen rebuilt and reinstalled Python. It turns out that his $exec_prefix/lib/python1.5/config/Makefile was the wrong file; it looks to me as though it was generated from $exec_prefix/lib/python1.5/config/Makefile.pre.in. The only way I can see this happening is if someone runs "make -f Makefile.pre.in" *right in the $exec_prefix/lib/python1.5/config directory* -- which of course they're not supposed to do, but there's nothing stopping them from doing it. Oops. Anyways, a Python reinstall put the proper Makefile into the config directory, and now all is well for Stephen. Hooray. I feel like a Microsoft tech support weenie -- "just reinstall and everything will be Just Fine". Greg