Sorry, that patch is not right. I believe the original was #crypt cryptmodule.c #-lcrypt # crypt(3); needs -lcrypt on some systems I had already removed the second # when I made that patch.
Jan On Apr 18, 12:21 pm, Jan Groenewald <j...@aims.ac.za> wrote: > 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
