From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 21 10:51:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA01067 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:51:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA00999; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:50:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA22689; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 13:48:44 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: picnic.mat.net: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 13:48:43 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@picnic.mat.net To: Random Junk cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: python 1.4 port in 2.2.5 In-Reply-To: <199711211802.KAA08386@hudsucker.gamespot.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Random Junk wrote: > has anyone got a python 1.4 built with thread support on freebsd > 2.2.5? i made and installed libc_r but python is looking for -lthread Our threaded version of the C library, which includes all the pthread functions, and all the thread-safe versions of standard libc functions, is (like you noted) in libc_r. We don't need a libthread library, so that reference to -lthread should be deleted. > or something like that and i don't know anything about threads, so i > am loathe to just blithely replace a library. > > the python in /usr/ports/lang depends on tcl and tk which seems odd to > me, given that it's mainly a text-based language. i am not installing > X on this machine just to build a language interpreter. > > if anybody has any of the following, please get in touch: > > 1. prebuilt tarball of python with threads that will run on FBSD 2.2.5 > 2. instructions on how to build python with thread support on 2.2.5 > 3. a python port that doesn't require X for installation > > thanks for your help. > > -- > Jon Drukman jsd@gamespot.com SpotMedia Communications > This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence. > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------