compiling python2.5 on linux under wine

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
<lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:

> hey, has anyone investigated compiling python2.5 using winegcc, under wine?

some people might find this kind of thing amusing.  it's considered in
very obtuse circles to be "progress"... :)


lkcl at gonzalez:/mnt/src/python2.5-2.5.2/Lib$ ../build/python -v
Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
# installing zipimport hook
import zipimport # builtin
# installed zipimport hook
'import site' failed; traceback:
ImportError: No module named site
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jan  7 2009, 20:33:53) [gcc] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import site
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__sopen : pmode 0x01b6 ignored
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__sopen : pmode 0x01b6 ignored
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__sopen : pmode 0x01b6 ignored
[....]
[....]
[....]
import sre_compile # from Z:\mnt\src\python2.5-2.5.2\Lib\sre_compile.py
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__sopen : pmode 0x01b6 ignored
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__sopen : pmode 0x01b6 ignored
fixme:msvcrt:MSVCRT__sopen : pmode 0x01b6 ignored
# wrote Z:\mnt\src\python2.5-2.5.2\Lib\sre_compile.pyc
import _sre # builtin
import sre_constants # from Z:\mnt\src\python2.5-2.5.2\Lib\sre_constants.py
# wrote Z:\mnt\src\python2.5-2.5.2\Lib\sre_constants.pyc
import sre_parse # from Z:\mnt\src\python2.5-2.5.2\Lib\sre_parse.py
# wrote Z:\mnt\src\python2.5-2.5.2\Lib\sre_parse.pyc
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "site.py", line 415, in <module>
    main()
  File "site.py", line 406, in main
    aliasmbcs()
  File "site.py", line 356, in aliasmbcs
    import locale, codecs
  File "Z:\mnt\src\python2.5-2.5.2\Lib\locale.py", line 167, in <module>
    import re, operator
  File "Z:\mnt\src\python2.5-2.5.2\Lib\re.py", line 223, in <module>
    _pattern_type = type(sre_compile.compile("", 0))
  File "Z:\mnt\src\python2.5-2.5.2\Lib\sre_compile.py", line 530, in compile
    groupindex, indexgroup
OverflowError: signed integer is less than minimum
>>>