./configure returns errors installing mailman-2.0.13 with Python-2.2.1 under the Solaris 8 operating environment, Ultra 5.

The initial errors I encounter were with the UID and group ID checking. I fixed these by following the advice from the post below: Re: [Mailman-Users] Solaris install problem

================================ "David Sammons sammons_david@yahoo.com.mx writes: DS> You have a module "pwd" in python2.../Modules/Setup which it's commented, just uncomment that and re-compile python and if it's necessary MM too...

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"

Now the script runs until this point:

checking for mail wrapper GID... 60001 checking for CGI wrapper GID... 60001 checking for CGI extensions... no Traceback (most recent call last): File "conftest.py", line 2, in ? from socket import * File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/socket.py", line 41, in ? from _socket import * ImportError: No module named _socket

pwd

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?

Thank you,

-Jeff Friedman jfriedman@ndwcorp.com