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Title: Building without C++ should not fail.
Type: Stage:
Components: Build Versions: Python 2.5
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: loewis Nosy List: aahz, fdrake, loewis
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2005-12-26 04:11 by aahz, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (4)
msg27146 - (view) Author: Aahz (aahz) * (Python triager) Date: 2005-12-26 04:11
This just verified against HEAD:

./configure fails on Linux without g++ installed unless --without-cxx
given.  README should mention this.  Error is 

checking for C++ compiler default output file name... configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables

Inside config.log it says:

gcc: installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1plus': No such file or directory

(There's been some discussion about not requiring C++ installation by
default -- until that's settled, we should at least update the README.)
msg27147 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-12-28 00:03
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The real solution to this problem is that configure
shouldn't fail.
msg27148 - (view) Author: Fred Drake (fdrake) (Python committer) Date: 2006-04-06 00:31
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The group notes this is for Python 2.5, but I think it
applies to 2.4.x as well.

Re-categorizing as a build issue since Martin says it is.
msg27149 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2006-05-10 04:33
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This should be fixed in the trunk now. For 2.4, I added
documentation to README in r45946.
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