From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:43188 "EHLO out2-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750957AbaGGTK5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jul 2014 15:10:57 -0400 Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.44]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E29E2199C for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 15:10:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1404760256.26848.139006189.2A44DDD8@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Benno Schulenberg To: "Util-Linux" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: 2.25-rc2: No package 'python-2.6' found? Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 21:10:56 +0200 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, Running ./configure in ~/util-linux-2.25-rc2/, I run into this: ----- checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2... python checking for python... /usr/bin/python checking for python version... 2.6 checking for python platform... linux2 checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.6/dist-packages checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.6/dist-packages checking for PYTHON... no configure: error: Package requirements (python-2.6) were not met: No package 'python-2.6' found Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you installed software in a non-standard prefix. Alternatively, you may set the environment variables PYTHON_CFLAGS and PYTHON_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. See the pkg-config man page for more details. ----- On a newer system (Mint Petra), the same thing happens, but then mentioning 2.7. What is it wanting to see where? Benno -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again