I did the same and the problem is discussed here all ready several times
When you installed python with rpm -i there is'nt a file /usr/lib/python1.5/config/Makefile that is needed in the makefile
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/lib/python1.5/config/Makefile', needed by `sedscript'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/Zope-1.9b1-src/lib/python'
I used a SRPMS version of python en recompiled it there is a 1.5.1 version on the second disk of the redhat 5.2 distribution.
I believe if the RPM doesn't insert the /config directory then the SRPM that builds it won't either. The solution to this is to d/l your own version of Python and compile it from the tar.gz file.
./configure make make install (<- may need to be root)
should do it. I have Zope running fine on 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 with hand compiled pythons like this.
It does, I did It Yesterday on my linux box at home rpm -i a file from a SRPMS ( the S means sources) dir of the cdrom 2 of redhat 5.2 only creates some tar.gz files in a specific dir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES and therefrom you can start compiling your python versions I do #tar zxvf and the classic ./configure make make install in the python dir I think it is the easiest way for people that have the cdroms we get then the Makefile in /usr/local/lib/python1.5/config/ Wim Vanroose ----- See the original message at http://www.egroups.com/list/zope/?start=268