install gone awry

[Richard Otten]

Hello Python gang,

  I have installed Python literally dozens of times.
  For some reason my most recent intall has had something go wrong with it.
I noticed the problem when compileall.py got stuck in an infinite loop.

  It looks like the "os" function has gagged.

  Here is screenshot illustrating the problem:
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zebra:/export/home/rotten/Python-1.5.2 $ uname -a
SunOS zebra 5.7 Generic_106541-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4

zebra:/export/home/rotten/Python-1.5.2 $ python
Python 1.5.2 (#2, Jun 16 2000, 14:39:17)  [GCC 2.95.2 19991024 (release)] on sun
os5
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> import os
>>> os.listdir('.')
['', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 'ammar', 'e', '', 'dules', 's', '', 'rser',
 '', '', '', '', 'tus', 'hon1.5.a', 'kefile', 'ildno', '', '', '', 'd', '']
>>> ^D

zebra:/export/home/rotten/Python-1.5.2 $ ls
./                    Modules/              config.h
../                   Objects/              config.h.in
BeOS/                 PC/                   config.log
Demo/                 PCbuild/              config.status*
Grammar/              Parser/               configure*
Include/              Python/               configure.in
Lib/                  README                getbuildinfo.o
Makefile              Tools/                install-sh*
Makefile.almostgood   acconfig.h            libpython1.5.a
Makefile.in           buildno               python*
Misc/                 config.cache

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Any ideas as to what might have gone wrong?

-- 
Rick Otten
rotten at colltech.com
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