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Trying to build 2.7.2 from source on RHEL5 32 bit get errors:
gcc -pthread -c -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -IInclude -I./Include -DPy_BUILD_CORE \
 -DSVNVERSION="\"`LC_ALL=C svnversion .`\"" \
 -DHGVERSION="\"`LC_ALL=C hg id -i .`\"" \
 -DHGTAG="\"`LC_ALL=C hg id -t .`\"" \
 -DHGBRANCH="\"`LC_ALL=C hg id -b .`\"" \
 -o Modules/getbuildinfo.o ./Modules/getbuildinfo.c
hg identify: option -i not recognized
hg identify: option -t not recognized
hg identify: option -b not recognized
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c: In function ‘Py_GetBuildInfo’:
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:45: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:45: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:46: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:46: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:47: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:47: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:53: error: ‘buildinfo’ undeclared (first use in this function)
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:53: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:53: error: for each function it appears in.)
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c: In function ‘_Py_hgversion’:
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:72: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:72: warning: ‘return’ with no value, in function returning non-void
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c: In function ‘_Py_hgidentifier’:
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:79: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:79: error: expected expression before ‘;’ token
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:83: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:83: error: expected expression before ‘;’ token
make: *** [Modules/getbuildinfo.o] Error 1
gcc -pthread -c -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -IInclude -I./Include -DPy_BUILD_CORE \
 -DSVNVERSION="\"`LC_ALL=C svnversion .`\"" \
 -DHGVERSION="\"`LC_ALL=C hg id -i .`\"" \
 -DHGTAG="\"`LC_ALL=C hg id -t .`\"" \
 -DHGBRANCH="\"`LC_ALL=C hg id -b .`\"" \
 -o Modules/getbuildinfo.o ./Modules/getbuildinfo.c
hg identify: option -i not recognized
hg identify: option -t not recognized
hg identify: option -b not recognized
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c: In function ‘Py_GetBuildInfo’:
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:45: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:45: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:46: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:46: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:47: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:47: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:53: error: ‘buildinfo’ undeclared (first use in this function)
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:53: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:53: error: for each function it appears in.)
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c: In function ‘_Py_hgversion’:
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:72: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:72: warning: ‘return’ with no value, in function returning non-void
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c: In function ‘_Py_hgidentifier’:
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:79: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:79: error: expected expression before ‘;’ token
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:83: error: missing terminating " character
./Modules/getbuildinfo.c:83: error: expected expression before ‘;’ token
make: *** [Modules/getbuildinfo.o] Error 1
Would assume it is bad form for a release source bundle to depend on mercurial?
Diffs against version of getbuildinfo.c from 2.7.1 indicate that this is a new dependency:
$ find . -name 'getbuildinfo.c' | xargs diff -u
--- ./Python-2.7.2/Modules/getbuildinfo.c 2011年06月11日 16:46:27.000000000 +0100
+++ ./Python-2.7.1/Modules/getbuildinfo.c 2010年05月09日 15:46:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -28,30 +28,15 @@
 #define SVNVERSION "$WCRANGE$$WCMODS?M:$"
 #endif
-/* XXX Only unix build process has been tested */
-#ifndef HGVERSION
-#define HGVERSION ""
-#endif
-#ifndef HGTAG
-#define HGTAG ""
-#endif
-#ifndef HGBRANCH
-#define HGBRANCH ""
-#endif
-
 const char *
 Py_GetBuildInfo(void)
 {
- static char buildinfo[50 + sizeof(HGVERSION) +
- ((sizeof(HGTAG) > sizeof(HGBRANCH)) ?
- sizeof(HGTAG) : sizeof(HGBRANCH))];
- const char *revision = _Py_hgversion();
+ static char buildinfo[50];
+ const char *revision = Py_SubversionRevision();
 const char *sep = *revision ? ":" : "";
- const char *hgid = _Py_hgidentifier();
- if (!(*hgid))
- hgid = "default";
+ const char *branch = Py_SubversionShortBranch();
 PyOS_snprintf(buildinfo, sizeof(buildinfo),
- "%s%s%s, %.20s, %.9s", hgid, sep, revision,
+ "%s%s%s, %.20s, %.9s", branch, sep, revision,
 DATE, TIME);
 return buildinfo;
 }
@@ -65,21 +50,3 @@
 return svnversion; /* it was interpolated, or passed on command line */
 return "Unversioned directory";
 }
-
-const char *
-_Py_hgversion(void)
-{
- return HGVERSION;
-}
-
-const char *
-_Py_hgidentifier(void)
-{
- const char *hgtag, *hgid;
- hgtag = HGTAG;
- if ((*hgtag) && strcmp(hgtag, "tip") != 0)
- hgid = hgtag;
- else
- hgid = HGBRANCH;
- return hgid;
-}