Re: Python 2.1 / lilypond 1.5 in mdk 8.1

[Olivier Guéry]

On dim, 2001-09-30 at 23:17, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> Olivier Guéry <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >     I install the new Mandrake 8.1 distribution, and, the first thing I do
> > is... Compiling my lily !! (Mandrake give the 1.4.2, as rpm).
> >     But, during the compilation, there was an error :
> ...
> >     The same problem comes with 1.5.14 but not with 1.4.8.
> 
> You can ignore this error, it's only the new midi2ly that doesn't get
> built.
But lily's compilation doesn't finish yet... Can I do a make install

> >     Python and python-devel rpms are install, the configure script find
> > Python (no warning during this one), and Python.h is in the
> > /usr/include/python2.1/ directory.
> 
> >     What's wrong ? This version of python (2.1) is too early (python 2.2,
> > is about to come...).
> 
> What a strange python setup.  It is common practice to have
> 
>     /usr/include/python
>     /usr/include/python2
> 
> symlinks to your active python devel installation.  Is this python
> devel package native mandrake?

Yes it's the python2.1.1-3mdk rpm (and devel rpm too).
I tried to make a symblink to /usr/include/python, and everything work
well.

> Hmm, should we really go looking in /usr/include/python2.[0123]
> directories for a Python.h header?
> 
> Jan.
> 
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Olivier Guéry      address@hidden