error in version_txt target in inst/Makefile.in

[mejo]

Hello,

at building zope 2.12.0b2, I had issues with the makefile at inst/Makefile.in.

The version_txt target exited with an error:

[...]
running build_ext
printf "Zope 2.12.0-b2" >\
          "/tmp/buildd/zope2.12-2.12.0~b2/lib/python/Zope2/version.txt"
/bin/sh: /tmp/buildd/zope2.12-2.12.0~b2/lib/python/Zope2/version.txt: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [version_txt] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/buildd/zope2.12-2.12.0~b2'
make: *** [install-arch] Error 2
[...]

greetings,
 jonas

[Andreas Jung (ajung)]

The only supported way for building and installing Zope 2 is using zc.buildout or easy_install - means setuptools is doing everything for you - no more makefile support. That's why the makefile in the source root has gone.

http://docs.zope.org/zope2/releases/2.12/INSTALL.html

[Andreas Jung (ajung)]

You might try your luck using zc.sourcerelease for getting a "full source release" however this approach is not supported (and not needed anymore).