[Mailman-Users] Problems running 'configure' for Mailman 2.0.5

[Dan Mick]

Looks like permissions to me, but you supply no permissions
information (what user were you and what permissions are on the
$prefix dir)

> I have successfully configured and make'd Python 2.2b1 on my Solaris 8
> workstation.  I am trying to configure mailman using the options you see below
> and it fails with the 'conftest.out' error.  Btw, the paths do exist and do
> point to the right directories...
> 
> dpompilio# configure --prefix=/export/home/mailman/mailman-2.0.5
> --with-python=/export/home/mailman/Python-2.2b1
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for --with-python... /export/home/mailman/Python-2.2b1
> checking Python interpreter... /export/home/mailman/Python-2.2b1
> checking Python version... configure: /export/home/mailman/Python-2.2b1: 
cannot
> execute
> cat: cannot open conftest.out
> configure: error: 
> 
> ***** /export/home/mailman/Python-2.2b1 is too old (or broken)
> ***** Python 1.5.2 or newer is required
> dpompilio# 
> 	
> Can anyone help here?
> 
> Thanx!
> 
> ~Dean
> 
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