Jorgen Grahn wrote: >This is a special case of a more general, non-Python problem which you >will have to address if you want to build an industrial controller. > >If your target has no C compiler[1], you have to set up a cross-compiling >environment. I'd be surprised if the eBox doesn't come with >documentation covering this.
The eBox comes with a non free (both as in beer and speech) distribution, without even a root password, and tied to the mac address in the hardware so that it can only run on a specific box. So we (the local distributor and us) are trying to put together something free and useful. I think what they are doing is of dubious legality, but instead of fighting it, we are simply ignoring it. If there was any documentation, I certaintly did not see it. > >If there are special procedures and requirements for cross-compiling >Python (someone else indicated there are), I guess the Python >installation notes must cover this in a general way. > The python readme tells you how to install on the same box - I have not found anything that tells me how to do a cross compile, which is the reason I started this thread... >/Jorgen > >[1] Or even if it has one. It is much more convenient to build in your >normal work environment where you have plenty of disk, CPU and RAM, >a good text editor, version control, Perl ... So far, I have sternly resisted getting involved with Perl, and I hope to die before I have to wrap my head around it. - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
