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Date:      Fri, 21 Nov 1997 13:48:43 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Random Junk <jsd@gamespot.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: python 1.4 port in 2.2.5
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971121134654.14432R-100000@picnic.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <199711211802.KAA08386@hudsucker.gamespot.com>

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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.
> 
> 

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