[Python-Dev] packaging/bootstrap issue

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> this is closely related to
> 
>     www.python.org/sf/1393109
> 
> except that in the latter case, the system have a perfectly working
> Python 2.1 which chokes on the new-style constructs used in the
> generator script.
> 
> fwiw, that bug report (from december) says
> 
>     iirc, various solutions to this were discussed on python-dev,
>     but nobody seems to have done anything about it.
> 
> so it's about time someone did something about it...  explicitly touching
> the files should be good enough.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I doubt that Anthony's touching the
files on his exported tree would help with #1393109

Regards,
Martin