[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i've got problem installing python-2.3.5 from sources on FreeBSD 5.3 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ./configure > conf_log > configure: WARNING: curses.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: curses.h: check for missing prerequisite > headers? > configure: WARNING: curses.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: curses.h: section "Present But Cannot Be > Compiled" > configure: WARNING: curses.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result > configure: WARNING: curses.h: in the future, the compiler will take > precedence > configure: WARNING: ## --------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the python lists. ## > configure: WARNING: ## --------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: present but cannot be compiled > configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: check for missing prerequisite > headers? > configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: see the Autoconf documentation > configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: section "Present But Cannot Be > Compiled" > configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's > result > configure: WARNING: ncurses.h: in the future, the compiler will take > precedence > configure: WARNING: ## --------------------------------- ## > configure: WARNING: ## Report this to the python lists. ## > configure: WARNING: ## --------------------------------- ## > > Can anybody explain me what kind of problem do i have and how much > serious it could be?
your system contains slightly broken include files. see http://www.python.org/sf/1244610 for a discussion and a workaround (for openbsd), and http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=84219 for a freebsd-specific fix. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list