Steve Waterbury writes:

make: Fatal error: Don't know how to make target `/vol01/software/zope/lib/python1.5/config/Makefile' Current working directory /vol01/software/zope/lib/python/Products/ZPatterns *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `boot' Apparently, the Python in Zope's binary distribution is not complete enough to run the "setup".

Maybe you can get the missing pieces from DC. If not or you are in a hurry: * fetch the Python source (--> www.python.org) * configure it to enable threads: ./configure --with-threads * make and install it: make install * fetch Zope's source distribution * build it with you Python Dieter