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From: Sean Reifschneider <jafo-pythonlist@tummy.com>
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: ANNOUNCE: New Python 2.0 RPMs
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 02:25:16 -0700

I've just uploaded a new set of Python 2.0 SRPMs to:

	ftp://ftp.tummy.com/pub/tummy/RPMS/SRPMS

This is the release that will be going on the February KRUD
(http://www.tummy.com/krud/), so it should be very compatible with RedHat
7.0.  You'll want:

	python-2.0-2tummy.src.rpm
	expat-1.1-3tummy.src.rpm

Changes include:

	Builds to /usr/bin/python2 or /usr/bin/python
		"try before you buy"
		One-line .spec file change between the two.
	Better compatibility with RedHat/KRUD 7.0
	Expat puts xmlparse.h in /usr/include/expat/xmlparse.h to prevent a
			conflict with w3c-libwww-devel.
	Builds socket module with SSL support.
	Now includes proper bsddb support (Oops, I didn't have db1-devel last time)

Also in that FTP directory are some SRPMs for some Python modules, though the
mx* ones seem to have problems that I need to track down.  python-imaging
and Sketch seem to be working well though.

BUILDING SRPMS

Turning an SRPM into a binary RPM is easy.  Simply run:

	rpm --rebuild expat-1.1-3tummy.src.rpm

and when it completes look in /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386 (default) for the
binary.  This builds a binary RPM *EXACTLY* configured for the set of
libraries on your system.  Think of it as building from the .tar.gz file,
only better...  :-)

Sean
-- 
 I love the smell of napalm in the morning.  It smells like...  Victory.
Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <jafo@tummy.com>
tummy.com - Linux Consulting since 1995. Qmail, KRUD, Firewalls, Python

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