>>>>> "Graham" == Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca> writes:
Graham> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:24 PM, Peter Chubb Graham> <pet...@gelato.unsw.edu.au> wrote: >>>> /usr/src/lilypond/scripts/build/out/help2man out/convert-ly > >>>> out/convert-ly.1 out/convert-ly:341: Warning: 'as' will become a >>>> reserved keyword in Python 2.6 File "out/convert-ly", line 341 >>>> except InvalidVersion as ex: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>>> help2man: can't get `--help' info from out/convert-ly >> Graham> Are you sure that's a build **failure**, and not just a Graham> **warning**? I think I remember seeing the "help2man: can't Graham> get --help" error for years. >> >> It's a build failure -- make just stops at that point. Graham> Interesting! If I build with GUB, the installer builds (no Graham> compile error), but trying to run convert-ly from that Graham> installer fails: Graham> gperc...@gperciva-desktop:~/tmp$ convert-ly -e lily.ly File Graham> "/home/gperciva/.usr/lilypond/usr/bin/convert-ly", line 341 Graham> except InvalidVersion as ex: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Graham> I won't pretend to know how python 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 3.0 and 3.1 Graham> all treat this syntax, so could somebody who knows python take Graham> a look at the current convert-ly and make it work on 2.4.5 and Graham> up? It should work on 2.4, I just didn't test it because I don;t happen to have that version opf Python installed. BTW, at Linux.conf.au opnme of the python developers was talking about a toolset for testing code in a variety of python versions. Unfortunately, I cam e in right at the end of his talk, and it doesn't seem to appear in the schedule. -- Dr Peter Chubb peter DOT chubb AT nicta.com.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia All things shall perish from under the sky/Music alone shall live, never to die _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
