Hi python2.6_2.6.6-6ubuntu7.diff.gz says somewhere in it:
+<H2><A NAME="4.81">4.81. "import crypt" fails</A></H2> +[Unix] +<P> +Starting with Python 1.5, the crypt module is disabled by default. +In order to enable it, you must go into the Python source tree and +edit the file Modules/Setup to enable it (remove a '#' sign in +front of the line starting with '#crypt'). Then rebuild. +You may also have to add the string '-lcrypt' to that same line. If I untar /usr/local/src/sage-4.6.2/spkg/standard/python-2.6.4.p9.spkg, and patch as below, re-tar it, and sage -f python-2.6.4.p9.spkg, the crypt import error is gone, and sage works fine. (I didn't get it to apply by just dropping Setup.dist and Setup.dist.patch in patches/ , so I patched the file manually and rebuilt.) --- ../src/Modules/Setup.dist 2011-04-18 11:45:30.152401392 +0200 +++ Setup.dist 2011-04-18 11:27:11.540790019 +0200 @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ # # First, look at Setup.config; configure may have set this for you. -#crypt cryptmodule.c -lcrypt # crypt(3); needs -lcrypt on some systems +crypt cryptmodule.c -lcrypt # crypt(3); needs -lcrypt on some systems # Some more UNIX dependent modules -- off by default, since these Is this a patch that can go into sage, or will it break other distributions? Regards, Jan -- .~. /V\ Jan Groenewald /( )\ www.aims.ac.za ^^-^^ -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
