[Buildbot-devel] question on updating python

[Bill Deegan]

Richard,

Here's what I use to install most Python modules.
http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools

easy_install will track down and install the dependencies for you,
rather than having to manually unravel them all yourself.

-Bill

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Richard Woods <rwoods at tresys.com> wrote:
> That did the trick, thanks!  I'm now running into a missing dependency
> (Zope) that should be simple to tackle.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Hood [mailto:bhood2 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 4:38 PM
> To: buildbot-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Buildbot-devel] question on updating python
>
>  On 8/13/2010 2:18 PM, Richard Woods wrote:
>>
>> Hey all ~
>>
>> I've just joined this list as a developer who's interested in learning
>
>> more about using BuildBot.
>>
>> I have inherited a system where I believe BuildBot has been installed
>> incorrectly. It was installed on a machine whose latest version of
>> Python was 2.3. Running "buildbot start ." gives me a Python syntax
>> error where a function decorator is used.
>>
>> I installed Python 2.4 on the machine, then ran "python2.4 setup.py
> build"
>> and "python2.4 setup.py install". They seemed to complete. However
>> running the build master still gives me the same Python syntax error.
>>
>> Is there a specific procedure I must follow to get BuildBot to see the
>
>> new version of python?
>>
>
> An easy solution would be to just make sure your new installation of
> Python
> (2.4) appears first in the PATH setting of the environment where you are
> executing the "buildbot start" command. I do this on systems where I'm a
> guest and can't go mucking about with the installed toolset.
>
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