Paul, It should be import os, .... Instead of import (os,... Thanks and Regards, Mayank Johri Merrill Lynch & Co. Ph: 212.647.3076 -----Original Message----- From: rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Johnson Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 1:23 PM To: RPM Package Manager Subject: Frustrated trying to build beecrypt & rpm on a Debian system whereI'm not root I have a user account on Dreamhost.com. I've been making RPMs for Scientific Linux and posting them here http://pj.freefaculty.org/ScientificLinux/5 A guy says "create a repository there" and I've been fighting with the problem of building, installing, and using Python modules in a place that is NOT /usr/lib/python2.4. I'm using the configure option --prefix=/home/pauljohn32/packages when I build everything. TO make RPM's configure find the Beecrypt I have to force in a CFLAG -I/home/pauljohn32/packages/include and I set the environment variable PYTHONPATH=/home/pauljohn32/packages/lib/python2.4:/usr/lib/python2.4 One problem is that the Beecrypt source from the Fedora 8 distribution is hardcoded to put the python modules in that system place, and it ignores the install prefix. I can hand edit the Makefile so they go into /home/pauljohn32/packages/lib/python2.4. I've built rpm several times and installed it, thinking I had tricked it into installing modules into my user home directory, only to have runtime failures in the createrepo scripts. Those are hardcoded to go into /usr/, but i can revise that. Still, I get crashes because python components are not found. $ createrepo /home/pauljohn32/freefaculty.org/ScientificLinux/5/i386/ 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/pauljohn32/packages/share/createrepo/genpkgmetadata.py", line 23, in ? import os File "/usr/lib/python2.4/os.py", line 133 from os.path import (curdir, pardir, sep, pathsep, defpath, extsep, altsep, ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax I'm a Perl programmer, and I am sorry to say I find Python docs not as helpful for non-root users! Please throw me a bone (for the holiday spirit). PJ -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list -------------------------------------------------------- This message w/attachments (message) may be privileged, confidential or proprietary, and if you are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender, do not use or share it and delete it. Unless specifically indicated, this message is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any investment products or other financial product or service, an official confirmation of any transaction, or an official statement of Merrill Lynch. Subject to applicable law, Merrill Lynch may monitor, review and retain e-communications (EC) traveling through its networks/systems. The laws of the country of each sender/recipient may impact the handling of EC, and EC may be archived, supervised and produced in countries other than the country in which you are located. This message cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.ml.com/e-communications_terms/. By messaging with Merrill Lynch you consent to the foregoing. -------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
