Bug 2352

Summary:	python-2.2-r7 has problems with readline...
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) <drobbins>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Jon Nelson (RETIRED) <jnelson>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	1.1a
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-05-02 13:28:15 UTC

Python 2.2 (#1, Apr 24 2002, 20:17:38) 
[GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (release)] on linux2
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>>> import portage
>>> import readline
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: /lib/libreadline.so.4.1: undefined symbol: BC
>>>

Comment 1 Gert 2002-05-03 07:12:46 UTC

the readline and cursus libraries also don't get linked to the interpreter,
so there's no readline support in the interpreter itself.

When I link them manually in with:
gcc  -Xlinker -export-dynamic -o python Modules/python.o libpython2.2.a -ldl 
-lpthread -lutil -lm -lreadline -lcurses

everything's OK

Comment 2 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-05-03 14:57:08 UTC

fixed in 2.2.1 (to be unmasked soon)...