Re: How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-12 Thread Geoff Gardiner
Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: .. I expect an apology. Otherwise, it becomes grounds for an abuse complaint to your ISP. Yes, I do apologize profusely and publicly, and would have done so regardless of threat. I had trouble with posts making it through to the list and so was also posting in

Re: How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-12 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message mailman.24.1242110221.8015.python-l...@python.org, Geoff Gardiner wrote: Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: .. I expect an apology. Otherwise, it becomes grounds for an abuse complaint to your ISP. Yes, I do apologize profusely and publicly ... Thank you. --

Re: How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-11 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message mailman.5282.1241783298.11746.python-l...@python.org, Geoff Gardiner wrote: How do I assure myself of the integrity of a Python installation acquired using apt-get install on Debian and Ubuntu? apt-get install debsums man debsums --

Re: How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-11 Thread Aahz
In article mailman.5375.1241962005.11746.python-l...@python.org, Geoff Gardiner ggardi...@iee.org wrote: Aahz wrote: What directory are you running this from? What happens if you switch to running python Lib/test/regrtest.py? Taking a closer look, this looks more like a plain import error.

Re: How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-11 Thread Geoff Gardiner
Aahz wrote: ... That seems to demonstrate that regrtest.py is indeed a good mechanism for finding out whether it's a b0rked install! I agree that regrtest.py looks a good mechanism. It just appears that `apt-get install python` on Debian and Ubuntu brings no tests with it. @Lawrence

Re: How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-11 Thread Lawrence D'Oliveiro
In message mailman.5.1242076536.8015.python-l...@python.org, Geoff Gardiner wrote: @Lawrence D'Oliveiro: ... I see that you published my unobfuscated e-mail address on USENET for all to see. I obfuscated it for a reason, to keep the spammers away. I'm assuming this was a momentary lapse of

Re: How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-10 Thread Aahz
In article mailman.5282.1241783298.11746.python-l...@python.org, Geoff Gardiner ggardi...@iee.org wrote: geg...@gegard:~$ python Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52) [GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)] on linux2 Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. from

Re: How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-10 Thread Geoff Gardiner
Aahz wrote: What directory are you running this from? What happens if you switch to running python Lib/test/regrtest.py? Taking a closer look, this looks more like a plain import error. Thank you for your suggestion. I couldn't do quite that because there's no Lib, but instead (in

Re: How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-09 Thread Geoff Gardiner
Aahz wrote: How important is the apt-get requirement? That's a significant point, thank you. Two parts to the response: a) I don't feel that I am sufficiently expert to launch into compilation of Python if I can avoid it. b) I hope that I can put all platform risk into the lap of the hosting

How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-08 Thread Geoff Gardiner
How do I assure myself of the integrity of a Python installation acquired using apt-get install on Debian and Ubuntu? I can run regrtest but there's nothing in the basic installation to run, viz.: geg...@gegard:~$ python Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52) [GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu

Re: How do I test the integrity of a Python installation in Debian and Ubuntu

2009-05-08 Thread Aahz
In article mailman.5282.1241783298.11746.python-l...@python.org, Geoff Gardiner ggardi...@iee.org wrote: How do I assure myself of the integrity of a Python installation acquired using apt-get install on Debian and Ubuntu? How important is the apt-get requirement? Building Python yourself in