python2.4 hoary /usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/command error

[Steve Parkes]

when attempting to install new modules not yet ported to 2.4 setup fails with an
error on line 442 of /usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/command

A temporary fix that seems to work ;-) was to change change line 442 to

sources = self.swig_sources( sources)

and line 505 to

def swig_sources (self, sources, extension=""):

The error seems to be in the setting of the extension

[Steve Parkes (sparkes)]

/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/build_ext.py is the file to edit to get a
temporary fix.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

please could you name a package/version where the configuration fails?

[Steve Parkes (sparkes)]

The package I build most often is soya3d from CVS.

https://gna.org/cvs/?group=soya

This is the package I notice the problem most.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

fixed in pyrex_0.9.3-1ubuntu3