Still no solution, but here's more data: When I re-download the python 2.1.1 source, I check and yes, there is no banana: the config folder does not exist and the Makefile.pre.in is in the top folder. I don't think I did anything funky with my Python installation; I certainly don't know why I would have! so I went into the inst directory and looked at do.py. In a fit of daring creativity, I deleted the "config" folder part from wheres_Makefile_pre_in and reran python w_pcgi.py from the top directory. This time, gears whirr for awhile longer maybe, then I get an exciting new traceback: Compiling extensions in lib/python cp /usr/local/lib/python2.1/Makefile.pre.in . make -f Makefile.pre.in boot PYTHON=/usr/local/bin/python make: don't know how to make boot. Stop Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/w_pcgi.py", line 111, in ? if __name__=='__main__': main(sys.argv[0]) File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/w_pcgi.py", line 109, in main import wo_pcgi; wo_pcgi.main(me) File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/wo_pcgi.py", line 105, in main import build_extensions File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/inst/build_extensions.py", line 102, in ? make('lib','python') File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/inst/do.py", line 134, in make do('make -f Makefile.pre.in boot PYTHON=%s' % sys.executable) File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/inst/do.py", line 104, in do if i and picky: raise SystemError, i SystemError: 512 What's up with this? Am I the only one to encounter this? I don't see anything when I search the Zope list... Trying to fix make errors is always yucky for me, cause I don't really know the tool. Does anyone think I should post this somewhere in addition, maybe? Is this a Zope bug, exactly? Maybe I'll put it in the collector and see what happens. Maybe. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary & Karyn" <garykaryn@earthlink.net> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:01 PM Subject: FreeBSD compile error 2.4.x to 2.4.3

I'm getting the following error trying to compile Zope 2.4.x to 2.4.3 upgrade on FreeBSD

Compiling extensions in lib/python cp /usr/local/lib/python2.1/config/Makefile.pre.in . cp: /usr/local/lib/python2.1/config/Makefile.pre.in: No such file or directory Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/w_pcgi.py", line 111, in ? if __name__=='__main__': main(sys.argv[0]) File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/w_pcgi.py", line 109, in main import wo_pcgi; wo_pcgi.main(me) File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/wo_pcgi.py", line 105, in main import build_extensions File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/inst/build_extensions.py", line 102, in ? make('lib','python') File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/inst/do.py", line 133, in make do("cp %s ." % wheres_Makefile_pre_in()) File "/usr/local/zope/2.4.2/inst/do.py", line 104, in do if i and picky: raise SystemError, i SystemError: 256

the python2.1 is a python that worked just fine for 2.4.2...However, unless I am being incredibly stupid, it doesn't have a config folder: Makefile.pre.in is in the top python2.1 folder. Has anyone else encountered this, or feel the need to fix it? If not, I guess I'll dig in a bit...look at "wheres_Makefile_pre_in", for instance...

Thanks

Gary