diff -r ffa851df0825 -r 2fb8b9db1c86 symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Misc/BeOS-NOTES --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Misc/BeOS-NOTES Fri Jul 31 15:01:17 2009 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +Python for BeOS R5 + +In Python-2.1, the standard version of the new setup.py program +will not build the full complement of modules on BeOS. Instead, +please replace it with the special BeOS version in Misc/BeOS-setup.py. + +To build, + + 1) cp Misc/BeOS-setup.py setup.py + 2) ./configure --prefix=/boot/home/config + 3) make + +The modules will all build, except termios which assumes some flags +we don't have. Put a libreadline.a in /boot/home/config/lib to get +a readline.so for your interactive editing convenience; NB, not +libreadline.so, you want to link a static readline library into the +dynamically loaded Python module. + +Test: + + make test + + The BeOS is Not UNIX category: + - test_select crashed -- select.error : (-2147459072, 'Bad file descriptor') + - test_socket crashed -- exceptions.AttributeError : SOCK_RAW + - test_fcntl crashed -- exceptions.IOError: [Errno -2147483643] Invalid argument + + This one is funny! BeOS does support large files, and that's why + we get this error: the file is too big for my filesystem! + - test_largefile crashed -- exceptions.IOError: [Errno -2147459065] + No space left on device + + - test_pickle crashed. This is apparently a serious problem, "complex" + number objects reconstructed from a pickle don't compare equal to + their ancestors. But it happens on BeOS PPC only, not Intel. + +Install: + + make install + + +Maintainer: None (please volunteer if you would like to see this port continue +to exist!)