[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-533234 ] README Warns of strftime, Add calendar.

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Bugs item #533234, was opened at 2002-03-21 12:33
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.2.1 candidate
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Ralph Corderoy (ralph)
Assigned to: Skip Montanaro (montanaro)
Summary: README Warns of strftime, Add calendar.

Initial Comment:
README says

    On some Linux systems (those that are not yet
    using glibc 6), test_strftime fails due to a
    non-standard implementation of strftime() in the C
    library. Please ignore this, or upgrade to glibc
    version 6.

I find test_calendar fails.  As this is before
test_strftime I didn't find the above message for a
while.  I'd guess test_calendar is failing because of
the strftime problem.  Can README be updated to
suggest test_calendar may fail as well for the same
reason.

    % uname -a
    Linux anon 2.0.36 #1 Tue Dec 29 13:11:13 EST 1998 
        i586 unknown
    % ldd /usr/local/src/Python-2.2.1c1/python
        libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0
        libutil.so.1 => /lib/libutil.so.1
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6
        /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2
    % rpm -qf /lib/libc.so.6
    glibc-2.0.7-29


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>Comment By: Skip Montanaro (montanaro)
Date: 2002-03-21 12:51

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It's not clear to me that the README warning here is
correct.  I believe you *are* running glibc 6.  (Note
the '6' in libc.so.6.)  I have similar version numbers on
my Mandrake system which does have glibc 6.


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