[Zope-dev] TIP: Must enable 'new' for FreeBSD Python 1.5.2 port to install PythonMethods

[Petru Paler]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 03:37:18PM -0500, Tom Neff wrote:
> because there was no module 'new'.  It turns out that in the FreeBSD port of
> Python 1.5.2 (/usr/ports/lang/python), the Modules/Setup file is substituted
> with one that turns off Tommy Burnette's 'newmodule'.  I have no idea why
> this should be, or why they didn't make whatever changes they needed as a
> Patch rather than an absolute overwrite of the file, but however it
> happened, you need to turn it back on in Modules/Setup and then remake and
> reinstall. Once I did that, PythonMethods comes up fine and other products
> (like BannerFolder-0.3) that rely on it, install as well.

   As a side note. *Don't* use BannerFolder's counters. You will get the
banner copied for each impression :-/

-Petru