[Zope] 2.7.0-b2 install failure (setup.py defect, I think)

[Chris McDonough]

Derrick,

I was able to replicate the problem.

This is likely due to the custom "install scheme" imposed by Zope (to
work around some distutils deficiences, ie. being unable to specify the
"real" install directory in a x-platform way).  I didn't dig into the
underlying problem because your method of installation isn't really
supported.  But if you do the installation in the way explained in
doc/INSTALL.txt, everything does work.

./configure --with-python=/some/python --prefix=/some/path
make
make install

HTH,

- C


On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 00:13, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> I've been using 2.7.0-b1 for a while, so I figured I'd take a look at
> b2 now.  However :
> 
> $ python2.3 setup.py install --prefix /usr/local/opt/zope-2.7.0-b2
> running install
> running build
> running build_py
> running build_ext
> running install_lib
> running install_data
> running install
> running build
> running build_py
> running install_lib
> running install
> running build
> running build_scripts
> error: mkpath: 'name' must be a string (got None)
> 
> $
> 
> The build succeeds but the install fails.  Is something wrong on my
> system or has the setup.py script changed in some way?
> 
> -D
> 
> PS.  This is on a debian testing/unstable system.
> 
> PPS. You don't see any actions in the steps that didn't fail because
>      they already completed successfully the first time.  If you want
>      to see more output I can clean out the build and run it again.