PYTHONHOME problems on AIX

[Art Haas]

Ben <bcollar at bigfoot.com> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I've got python1.5 installed on an AIX 4.2.1 box, but I'm having some
> config problems.  I have PYTHONPATH set to /usr/local/lib/python1.5.
> When I type in python, it tells me:
> 
> Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
> 
> Now, I don't find PYTHONHOME in the two references I have; what is this
> variable?  I tried setting it to $PYTHONPATH:plat-aix4 and
> $PYTHONPATH/plat-aix4, but neither works.  What is it looking for here?
> 

It's looking for the directory where dynamically loaded things are
kept. Whether or not you built any modules as shared modules, Python
looks for a `lib-dynload' directory.

I saw something similar to this because I built Python with the
modules statically linked, and had to make a `lib-dynload' directory
to get this message to disappear. You could try to do ...

$ mkdir /usr/local/lib/python1.5/lib-dynload

... and see if this warning will go away.

The code producing the warning is in `Modules/getpath.c'.

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