[patch] faq: prebuilt python for os/x
Vince McIntyre <[email protected]>
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On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Michael Haggerty wrote: > >> It may also be of interest to FAQ readers to know that neither the >> prebuilt python 2.6 from python.org nor from activestate can help with >> this issue - you really do have to build from source. > > Feel free to put that info in a patch and I will be happy to commit it, too. please see my attempt at this, attached. Cheers Vince ------------------------------------------------------ http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=1667&dsMessageId=2384143 To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: [[email protected]].
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Index: faq.html =================================================================== --- faq.html (revision 4847) +++ faq.html (working copy) @@ -611,7 +611,15 @@ 10.5.5 does not include any other dbm libraries other than the standard dbm. In order for cvs2svn to work, we need to install the gdbm library, in addition to a new version of python that enables the -python gdbm module. Here is the procedure for a successful +python gdbm module.</p> + +<p>The precompiled versions of python for OS/X available from +python.org or activestate.com (currently version 2.6.2) +do not have gdbm support turned on. +To check for gdbm support, check for the library module +(<code>libgdmmodule.so</code>) within the python installation.</p> + +<p>Here is the procedure for a successful installation of cvs2svn and all supporting libs:</p> <ol>