Python for BeOS R5
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In Python-2.1, the standard version of the new setup.py program
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will not build the full complement of modules on BeOS. Instead,
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please replace it with the special BeOS version in Misc/BeOS-setup.py.
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To build,
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1) cp Misc/BeOS-setup.py setup.py
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2) ./configure --prefix=/boot/home/config
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3) make
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The modules will all build, except termios which assumes some flags
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we don't have. Put a libreadline.a in /boot/home/config/lib to get
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a readline.so for your interactive editing convenience; NB, not
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libreadline.so, you want to link a static readline library into the
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dynamically loaded Python module.
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Test:
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make test
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The BeOS is Not UNIX category:
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- test_select crashed -- select.error : (-2147459072, 'Bad file descriptor')
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- test_socket crashed -- exceptions.AttributeError : SOCK_RAW
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- test_fcntl crashed -- exceptions.IOError: [Errno -2147483643] Invalid argument
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This one is funny! BeOS does support large files, and that's why
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we get this error: the file is too big for my filesystem!
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- test_largefile crashed -- exceptions.IOError: [Errno -2147459065]
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No space left on device
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- test_pickle crashed. This is apparently a serious problem, "complex"
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number objects reconstructed from a pickle don't compare equal to
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their ancestors. But it happens on BeOS PPC only, not Intel.
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Install:
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make install
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Maintainer: None (please volunteer if you would like to see this port continue
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to exist!)
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