Re: [Boost-testing] "bz2 module is not available" error fromregression.py

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-20 06:03:09

Boris Gubenko wrote:

> What, I think, is happening is: bz2 module is based on bz2module.c.The
> ..c module requires header bzlib.h which is not on the include path --
> this header does not come with python distribution, it is part of bzip2
> distribution. As a result, bz2 module was not built and autodetecting
> script setup.py did not add it as extension. From the script:
> 
>         # Gustavo Niemeyer's bz2 module.
>         if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'bz2')):
>             exts.append( Extension('bz2', ['bz2module.c'],
>                                    libraries = ['bz2']) )
> 
> I'll check this theory on Monday by putting bzlib.h on the include path
> (cannot log onto testdrive machine now). If configure still does not
> add bz2module.c to the makefile, I'll try to add it to Modules/Setup.

Yes, you're right, bz2 support in python requires the bz2 lib to be 
installed. But from the source code above, it seems that it scans the 
library dirs looking for the lib and not for the header file. I'm sure 
there is a configure option to add additional dirs to the lib search 
path. Maybe you should try this.

HTH, Markus