[Python-Dev] should I really have to install Python before Ican build it ?

Mon Dec 12 20:43:48 CET 2005

Jeremy Hylton wrote:
> The C files are checked into subversion. Perhaps there is some
> problem with the timestamps that causes the Makefile to try to rebuild
> them anyway? I have a modern Python and I've been doing a fair amount
> of development on these files; as a result, I haven't noticed a
> problem.

ah, of course. subversion sets the timestamp to the checkout time for each
file, so things may or may not work after a fresh checkout.
however, adsl_c does use the installed python, rather than the local version:
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 """Generate C code from an ASDL description."""
maybe the right thing here would be to change this to
 #!./python
 """Generate C code from an ASDL description."""
and only run the script if ./python has been built ?
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