cannot ./configure with python 1.6 on openbsd, used 1.52

[Bug Importer]

was using the ports package on openbsd for python 1.6
and got
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./configure loading cache ./config.cache checking for --with-python...
checking for python... /usr/local/bin/python checking Python
interpreter... /usr/local/bin/python checking Python version... 1.6
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking
whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes checking for true... /usr/bin/true
checking for --without-gcc... no checking for gcc... gcc checking whether
the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc )
is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking whether #! works in shell
scripts... yes checking for mailman UID... Traceback (most recent call
last):
                                                  B File
"conftest.py",
line 1, in ?
    import pwd, string
ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (initpwd)
cat: conftest.out: No such file or directory
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HAD to downgrade package for python to
python-1.5.2-tk-tools-threads interpreted object-oriented programming
language
to continue, got things to work for a day then something else broke,
looking at that now.
-paul

[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=214975&group_id=103&atid=100103]

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

Works for me on both Linux (RH 6.1) and FreeBSD 4.1. I don't have access
to an OpenBSD system.

Sounds like a problem with your Python 1.6 installation. You might try
either rebuilding Python 1.6 from source or giving Python 2.0beta1 a try.