Problems building thrift 0.8.0 for Python and Ruby --------------------------------------------------
Key: THRIFT-1450 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-1450 Project: Thrift Issue Type: Bug Components: Build Process Affects Versions: 0.8 Environment: CentOS 5.5 Python 3.2 Ruby 1.9.3 Reporter: Matthew Shaver Building thrift 0.8.0 I get the following error: Making all in py make[3]: Entering directory `/home/mshaver/dl/thrift-0.8.0/lib/py' /home/mshaver/bin/python setup.py build File "setup.py", line 45 except DistutilsPlatformError, x: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax make[3]: *** [all-local] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/mshaver/dl/thrift-0.8.0/lib/py' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mshaver/dl/thrift-0.8.0/lib' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mshaver/dl/thrift-0.8.0' make: *** [all] Error 2 If I configure without Python I get the following error during the build: Making all in rb make[3]: Entering directory `/home/mshaver/dl/thrift-0.8.0/lib/rb' /usr/local/bin/rake rake aborted! cannot load such file -- spec/rake/spectask (See full trace by running task with --trace) make[3]: *** [all-local] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/mshaver/dl/thrift-0.8.0/lib/rb' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mshaver/dl/thrift-0.8.0/lib' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mshaver/dl/thrift-0.8.0' make: *** [all] Error 2 Here are the gems that are installed: $ gem list *** LOCAL GEMS *** bigdecimal (1.1.0) bundler (1.0.21) diff-lcs (1.1.3) io-console (0.3) json (1.5.4) minitest (2.5.1) rake (0.9.2.2) rdoc (3.9.4) rspec (2.7.0) rspec-core (2.7.1) rspec-expectations (2.7.0) rspec-mocks (2.7.0) rubygems-update (1.8.12) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira