[issue24807] compileall can cause Python installation to fail

2021-10-20 Thread Irit Katriel
Irit Katriel added the comment: 2.7 is no longer being maintained and the installer has been completely rewritten in the meantime. Please create a new issue if you are having problems with a current version of python (3.9+). Ideally in this case, also include more information about which s

[issue24807] compileall can cause Python installation to fail

2015-08-06 Thread Jon Ribbens
New submission from Jon Ribbens: If you are installing Python 2.7.10 and a previous version of 2.7 was already installed, the installation processs can fail when compileall.py finds badly-written third-party modules in the site-packages or dist-packages directories. The installation process s