From 61280916f6e3b372142e00dad37e28f31bba2b68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 14:10:40 +0000 Subject: For RedHat Linux 5.0, added notes about needing to remove the LinuxThreads package, and -lcrypt for the crypt module. --- README | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 20b0741..a64b8cd 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -265,6 +265,28 @@ Linux: On Linux version 1.x, once you've built Python, use it to run status of a module from static to shared, you must remove its .o file or do a "make clean".) + Under RedHat Linux 5.0, if upgraded from a previous version, + remove the LinuxThreads packages. This is needed because + LinuxThreads conflicts with the new thread support provided by + glibc. Before running Python's configure script, use the + following commands as root (version numbers may differ; these + are from a stock 4.2 install): + + % rpm -qa | grep ^linuxthread + linuxthreads-0.5-1 + linuxthreads-devel-0.5-1 + % rpm -e linuxthreads linuxthreads-devel + + While Python only needs this to be done to allow thread + support to be included, the conflicts these packages create + with the new glibc may cause other packages which use threads + to fail as well, so their removal is a good idea regardless of + how you configure python. + + Also under RedHat Linux 5.0, the crypt module now needs the + -lcrypt option. Uncomment this flag in Modules/Setup, or + comment out the crypt module in the same file. + DEC Unix: When enabling threads, use --with-dec-threads, not --with-thread. -- cgit v0.12