Troubles installing Python on Iserver BSDI system

[Norman J. Harman Jr.]

Hello all,

I'm trying to install python Python-1.5.2 on an Iserver (iserver.com) BSDI
system and really hating it.  Either BSDI or Iserver or python install is
just plain ugly. (no offense, I'm just frustrated).

first
  I've searched FAQ and List for BSDI and iserver and came up empty.
  I'm not a complete newbie to Unix and no master either.
  Iserver uses a chroot environment that causes problems with bunches of
stuff. basically the environment that I compile in is different than the one
the servers run in, I think at least for httpd.  Anyway using --prefix
usually fixes things.
  I want to run Zope after I get python running.
  From logon BSDI BSD/OS 3.1 Virtual Kernel #17.

The configure/make seems to want to always compile with NEXT or RHAPSODY(I'm
guessing from comments in said files) and fails when it can't find the
includes for those systems, specifically dyld.h.(I'm not on such a system)
output below.

I manually axed all the tests for NEXT and still had some other problems.

Basically if anyone has successfully installed python on either an Iserver
or other BSDI system please email me, njharman at redflex.com, on how you did
it.

thanks

<make output>
for i in regexmodule.o regexpr.o  pcremodule.o pypcre.o  posixmodule.o
signalmo
dule.o  arraymodule.o  cmathmodule.o  mathmodule.o  stropmodule.o
structmodule.
o  timemodule.o  operator.o  fcntlmodule.o  pwdmodule.o  grpmodule.o
selectmodu
le.o  socketmodule.o  errnomodule.o  md5module.o md5c.o  shamodule.o
rotormodul
e.o  newmodule.o  binascii.o  parsermodule.o  cStringIO.o  cPickle.o
config.o ge
tpath.o main.o getbuildinfo.o; do  if test "$i" = "signalmodule.o"; then
echo y
es >hassignal; break;  fi;  done
cd Parser ; make OPT="-g -O2" VERSION="1.5"
prefix="/usr/home/rommel/usr/local"
 exec_prefix="/usr/home/rommel/usr/local" all
cd Objects ; make OPT="-g -O2" VERSION="1.5"
prefix="/usr/home/rommel/usr/local
" exec_prefix="/usr/home/rommel/usr/local" all
cd Python ; make OPT="-g -O2" VERSION="1.5"
prefix="/usr/home/rommel/usr/local"
 exec_prefix="/usr/home/rommel/usr/local" all
gcc -D_HAVE_BSDI -c -g -O2 -I./../Include -I.. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DPLATFORM='"
bsdo
s3"'  ./getplatform.c
gcc -D_HAVE_BSDI -c -g -O2 -I./../Include -I.. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/
./importdl.c
./importdl.c:269: mach-o/dyld.h: No such file or directory
*** Error code 1

Stop.
*** Error code 1


Norman J. Harman Jr.
Technical Operations Manager
Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc.