Error building Python 2.6.3 and 2.6.4rc2

[Michael Ströder]

Christian Heimes wrote:
> Michael Ströder wrote:
>> ----------------------------- snip -----------------------------
>> /usr/src/Python-2.6.4rc2> make
>> 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "./setup.py", line 15, in <module>
>>     from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
>>   File "/usr/src/michael/Python-2.6.4rc2/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py",
>> line 13, in <module>
>>     from site import USER_BASE, USER_SITE
>>   File "/usr/src/michael/Python-2.6.4rc2/Lib/site.py", line 513, in <module>
>>     main()
>>   File "/usr/src/michael/Python-2.6.4rc2/Lib/site.py", line 496, in main
>>     known_paths = addsitepackages(known_paths)
>>   File "/usr/src/michael/Python-2.6.4rc2/Lib/site.py", line 288, in
>> addsitepackages
>>     addsitedir(sitedir, known_paths)
>>   File "/usr/src/michael/Python-2.6.4rc2/Lib/site.py", line 185, in addsitedir
>>     addpackage(sitedir, name, known_paths)
>>   File "/usr/src/michael/Python-2.6.4rc2/Lib/site.py", line 155, in addpackage
>>     exec line
>>   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
>> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'lib'
>> make: *** [sharedmods] Error 1
> 
> 
> You have a broken or malformed .pth file on your system. Add a line with
> "print fullname, line" right before "exec line" to debug your issue.

Many thanks for the hint! Removing the file
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/_local.pth made the build working but
SetupTools are no longer working then.

The file looks like this (single line wrapped here):

--------------------------- snip ---------------------------
import site; import sys; site.addsitedir('/usr/local/' + sys.lib + '/python' +
sys.version[:3] + '/site-packages',set())
--------------------------- snip ---------------------------

Ciao, Michael.