Looking for a scripting language

[deckerben]

> > D:\D\SCRIPTS\PROGRAM\Python\PyXML-0.7.1>python setup.py build
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "D:\USER\DJGPP\lib\python2.0\distutils\util.py", line 135, in
> > check_envir on
> >     os.environ['PLAT'] = get_platform()
> >   File "D:\USER\DJGPP\lib\python2.0\distutils\util.py", line 43, in
> > get_platform
> >
> >     (osname, host, release, version, machine) = os.uname()
> > TypeError: unpack non-sequence

Since then I have re-compiled/re-installed and the quality of the install is
much better. I must make the following small changes afterward, but then the
setup.py scripts themselves all seem to work:

======================Begin Modification Proceedure=========================
The library files need to installed under lib\Python2.2. 'lib' itself could
be anywhere, but will most likely be in your DJGPP directory ;-) Assuming
that %PYTHONPATH% is set only to the sub-directory where the standrad
library files have been installed, type 'edit
%PYTHONPATH%\distutils\sysconfig.py'.
You may need to change lines #23 & #24 to match the location where the 'lib'
directory is found (i.e. the DJGPP directory). Use UNIX slash convention
with single-quote:
(i.e. PREFIX = 'D:/USER/DJGPP').


Also: Make sure the following files have been copied directly to the
%PYTHONPATH%\config dir:
[source]\install-sh
[source]\libpython2.2.a
[source]\Makefile
[source]\Makefile.pre.in
[source]\Modules\Setup
[source]\Modules\Setup.config
[source]\Modules\Setup.local
[source]\Modules\config.c
[source]\Modules\config.c.in

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Then it works. That's all there is.
If this seems in order, the DOS distribution should be ready next week.

Ben