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  • Matthew Thorley
    #1

    trouble building python2.4

    Greetings, I just downloaded the python2.4 source from python.org and
    built it the usual way, i.e. ./configure && make. What I don't
    understand is that the resulting binary, when run, prints this line
    Python 2.3.4 (#1, Nov 15 2004, 10:29:48) at the top of its banner.
    Further more, the poplib modules complains when I try to call the
    poplib.POP3_SSL class, saying that the module has no such class, though
    the online docs say it does.

    I read the README and I didn't see anything about having to pass options
    to configure to get it to build version 2.4. I appears to me that the
    tarball I downloaded wasn't really python2.4, even though it was
    'official' and named Python-2.4.tgz.

    Can anyone please tell me what might of happened, or if they have had a
    similar experience?

    Thanks
    -Matthew
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    • Erik Max Francis
      #2
      Re: trouble building python2.4

      Matthew Thorley wrote:
      [color=blue]
      > Greetings, I just downloaded the python2.4 source from python.org and
      > built it the usual way, i.e. ./configure && make. What I don't
      > understand is that the resulting binary, when run, prints this line
      > Python 2.3.4 (#1, Nov 15 2004, 10:29:48) at the top of its banner.
      > Further more, the poplib modules complains when I try to call the
      > poplib.POP3_SSL class, saying that the module has no such class, though
      > the online docs say it does.[/color]

      You've got a copy of Python 2.3.4 installed on your system which is in
      your PATH first.

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        • Matthew Thorley
          #3
          Re: trouble building python2.4

          Erik Max Francis wrote:[color=blue]
          > Matthew Thorley wrote:
          >[color=green]
          >> Greetings, I just downloaded the python2.4 source from python.org and
          >> built it the usual way, i.e. ./configure && make. What I don't
          >> understand is that the resulting binary, when run, prints this line
          >> Python 2.3.4 (#1, Nov 15 2004, 10:29:48) at the top of its banner.
          >> Further more, the poplib modules complains when I try to call the
          >> poplib.POP3_SSL class, saying that the module has no such class,
          >> though the online docs say it does.[/color]
          >
          >
          > You've got a copy of Python 2.3.4 installed on your system which is in
          > your PATH first.
          >[/color]
          I have got to be the stupidest person on the face of the planet. Thanks
          very much. I was in the Python-2.4 dir, but I didn't call python with
          ../python. I can't believe I missed that.

          Thanks again
          -Matthew

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            • Steve Holden
              #4
              Re: trouble building python2.4

              Matthew Thorley wrote:
              [color=blue]
              > I have got to be the stupidest person on the face of the planet.[/color]

              I'll have you know I don't welcome newcomers to this newsgroup trying to
              steal my hard-won reputation, if you don't mind.

              keeping-it-light-ly y'rs - steve
              --
              Steve Holden http://www.holdenweb.com/
              Python Web Programming http://pydish.holdenweb.com/
              Holden Web LLC +1 703 861 4237 +1 800 494 3119

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                • Tim Peters
                  #5
                  Re: trouble building python2.4

                  [Matthew Thorley][color=blue][color=green]
                  >> I have got to be the stupidest person on the face of the planet.[/color][/color]

                  [Steve Holden][color=blue]
                  > I'll have you know I don't welcome newcomers to this newsgroup
                  > trying to steal my hard-won reputation, if you don't mind.[/color]

                  In all fairness, Matthew did present evidence to support his claim.
                  For all we can tell from the above, Steve, you're merely asserting
                  that you enjoy unparalled stupidity, and may very well possess enough
                  intelligence to try reaping the benefits of others' boneheaded
                  mistakes through slick but empty rhetoric.

                  Of course the old-timers here know the truth of it, but in fairness to
                  Matthew you should really, say, type out the lyrics to "God Save the
                  Queen" a hundred or so times, and then ask why stupid Unicode doesn't
                  have a stupid .pop() method anyway.

                  god-save-our-gracious-queen-
                  long-live-our-noble-queen-
                  god-save-the-queen-
                  send-her-victorious-
                  happy-and-glorious-
                  long-to-reign-over-us-
                  god-save-the-queen-
                  stupid-unicode-pop-ly y'rs - tim

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