Python 2.6.4: ./configure does not work

[Albert Hopkins]

On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 03:07 -0700, knipknap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Running ./configure in the 2.6.4 sources produces the following error:
> 
> config.status: error: cannot find input file: Makefile.pre.in
> 
> Indeed, such a file is not contained anywhere in the Pakage. 

Which sources are you referring to?  Can you verify the checksums:

17dcac33e4f3adb69a57c2607b6de246  13322131  Python-2.6.4.tgz
fee5408634a54e721a93531aba37f8c1  11249486  Python-2.6.4.tar.bz2


> Also, I
> found this note:

> "The Unix build and install process is explained clearly in the README
> file contained in the distribution"
> (http://www.python.org/download/source/)
> 

> However, there isn't any README (or INSTALL) file contained in the
> distribution.
> 
> sab at mach:/home/sab/Python-2.6.4> find . -name "README"
> ./Lib/lib2to3/tests/data/README
> ./Lib/distutils/README
> ./Lib/test/crashers/README
> 
> Any hints?

There is a README at the root of the tarball:

$ pwd
/home/marduk/Desktop/Python-2.6.4
$ head -1 README
This is Python version 2.6.4