[Glibc-bsd-devel] python2.3 built

Guillem Jover guillem@debian.org
Mon, 6 Oct 2003 15:06:23 +0200


On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 02:07:33PM +0000, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 09:03:34AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > We have python2.3 ready for use. Available at my people home. Robert
> > could you move it to your repo ? they are signed.
> 
> Uhm.. but python2.3 is already in my repo (IIRC)

Ugg ;> Then I needed a more recent version I supose, I recall apt
telling me it was uninstallable or something.

python/python2.3_2.3.1-3.dsc [standard:out-of-date]

Now python2.3_2.3.2-1_freebsd-i386.changes.

> > The only thing missing to have mini-dinstall is python-apt but it will
> > be trickier as it needs g++ :<. So next urgent thing is to fix gcc.
> 
> GCC (current pre3.4) needs two things:
> 
>   - A set of patches which I'm trying to merge into CVS by pinging maintainers
>     periodicaly (I'll raise the ping frequency a bit, maybe that helps).
>   - An updated libtool.
> 
> The first one takes its own time. For the second, I planned to ask upstream
> for an update when libtool 1.6 is released, but maybe that takes too much.

We could roll out our own gcc =P. So we can build some important C++
packages..and derived ones. If I've some time I'll try that.

regards,
guillem