{"thread":{"id":"22868","subject":"Re: error when installing 1.7.0.1: \"ImportError: No module named distutils.core\"","startedAt":"2010-03-01T17:04:10Z","lastAt":"2010-03-01T17:26:19Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Oliver Kullmann","Sverre Rabbelier"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"135956","messageId":"20100301170410.GG17508@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk","threadId":"22868","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Re: error when installing 1.7.0.1: \"ImportError: No module named distutils.core\"","fromName":"Oliver Kullmann","fromEmail":"o.kullmann@swansea.ac.uk","sentAt":"2010-03-01T17:04:10Z","receivedAt":"2010-03-01T17:04:10Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"o.kullmann@swansea.ac.uk","avatar":null},"body":"Okay, with --without-python it works now.\nIf it's not needed for most people, wouldn't it be\nbetter that this would be the default?\n\nThanks!\n\nOliver\n\n\nOn Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 11:15:41AM -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote:\n> Oliver Kullmann wrote:\n> > I've installed 1.6.6.2, but now when\n> > installing 1.7.0.1 (same machine) I get\n> >\n> > make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/builds/Git/git-1.7.0.1/perl'\n> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/builds/Git/git-1.7.0.1/perl'\n> > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/builds/Git/git-1.7.0.1/git_remote_helpers'\n> > Traceback (most recent call last):\n> >   File \"setup.py\", line 5, in ?\n> >     from distutils.core import setup\n> > ImportError: No module named distutils.core\n> >\n> >\n> > I'm using\n> >\n> > make configure\n> > sh ./configure --prefix=InstallDir\n> > make all\n> \n> If you have no need for the git_remote_helpers (and unless you are\n> working on adding a git remote helper in python, I don't think you\n> do), you can pass --without-python to configure.  I think that's the\n> right way using configure, I use make directly and pass NO_PYTHON = 1\n> for the time being.\n> \n> -- \n> Todd        OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp\n> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n> There are no differences but differences of degree between different\n> degrees of difference and no difference.\n>     -- William James, under nitrous oxide; 1882\n> \n\n-- \nDr. Oliver Kullmann\nComputer Science Department\nSwansea University\nFaraday Building, Singleton Park\nSwansea SA2 8PP, UK\nhttp://cs.swan.ac.uk/~csoliver/\n"},{"id":"135960","messageId":"fabb9a1e1003010926p7fdaf66cm6b8830bbb18e8477@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"22868","inReplyTo":"20100301170410.GG17508@cs-wsok.swansea.ac.uk","subject":"Re: error when installing 1.7.0.1: \"ImportError: No module named distutils.core\"","fromName":"Sverre Rabbelier","fromEmail":"srabbelier@gmail.com","sentAt":"2010-03-01T17:26:19Z","receivedAt":"2010-03-01T17:26:19Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"srabbelier@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3098?v=4"},"body":"Heya,\n\n[please don't cull the cc list]\n\nOn Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 18:04, Oliver Kullmann <O.Kullmann@swansea.ac.uk> wrote:\n> Okay, with --without-python it works now.\n> If it's not needed for most people, wouldn't it be\n> better that this would be the default?\n\nI don't think that's a good idea, I'd rather give it some exposure and\ncatch bugs like these, and then when we start using it (hopefully\nsoon) we won't run into any unexpected build troubles.\n\n-- \nCheers,\n\nSverre Rabbelier\n"}]}