On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 03:07 -0700, knipknap wrote: > Hi, > > Running ./configure in the 2.6.4 sources produces the following error: > > config.status: error: cannot find input file: Makefile.pre.in > > Indeed, such a file is not contained anywhere in the Pakage.
Which sources are you referring to? Can you verify the checksums: 17dcac33e4f3adb69a57c2607b6de246 13322131 Python-2.6.4.tgz fee5408634a54e721a93531aba37f8c1 11249486 Python-2.6.4.tar.bz2 > Also, I > found this note: > "The Unix build and install process is explained clearly in the README > file contained in the distribution" > (http://www.python.org/download/source/) > > However, there isn't any README (or INSTALL) file contained in the > distribution. > > s...@mach:/home/sab/Python-2.6.4> find . -name "README" > ./Lib/lib2to3/tests/data/README > ./Lib/distutils/README > ./Lib/test/crashers/README > > Any hints? There is a README at the root of the tarball: $ pwd /home/marduk/Desktop/Python-2.6.4 $ head -1 README This is Python version 2.6.4 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
