python now required for kernel compile -- <grin>

python now required for kernel compile -- <grin>

[Richard B. Johnson]

python???
Remember the `fortune` where somebody accidentally typed `ed`?

# python
Python 1.3 (Mar 11 1996)  [GCC 2.7.2]
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> ^C 
KeyboardInterrupt
>>> ^C 
KeyboardInterrupt
>>> ^C 
KeyboardInterrupt
>>> help
>Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: help
>>> quit
>Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: quit
>>> exit
>Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: exit
>>> ^Z
[1]+  Stopped		python
$ killall python
$ ps | grep python
5549  2 T  0:00  python
5568  2 S  0:00  grep python
$ kill -9 5549

Welcome to Linux 2.4.1

putah login:



Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (799.53 BogoMips).

    I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be
    attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del
    was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any.

Re: python now required for kernel compile -- <grin>

[André Dahlqvist]

Richard B. Johnson <root@chaos.analogic.com> wrote:

> Python 1.3 (Mar 11 1996)  [GCC 2.7.2]
> Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> ^C 
> KeyboardInterrupt
> >>> ^C 
> KeyboardInterrupt
> >>> ^C 
> KeyboardInterrupt
> >>> help
> >Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: help
> >>> quit
> >Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: quit

With python2 (which is required for CML2):

andre@sledgehammer:~$ python2
Python 2.0.1 (#0, Jun 23 2001, 23:50:30) 
[GCC 2.95.4 20010319 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> quit
'Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.'
>>> exit
'Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.'
-- 

André Dahlqvist <andre.dahlqvist@telia.com>