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On Wednesday 14 March 2007 18:20:40 Arnaud FARINE wrote: |
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> > > I must install the package python2.4-pyrex, I didn't find it. |
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> > > I found only python-pyrex. Same thing for this : python2.4-xml |
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> > Some packages happen to have different names, depending on the |
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> > distribution. The names you mention seem to be debian package names. |
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> > I don't know python, but I guess that if you have python 2.4 in your |
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> > system (the latest stable version) you just need to install the gentoo |
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> > packages called "pyrex" and "pyxml" (python-pyrex is not a gentoo |
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> > package name). |
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> Thanks for your help but... |
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> The documentation of my app (synce/opensync) indicates to install |
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> python-pyrex and python2.4-pyrex...strange.! |
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Even python has ABI's that differ between major versions. On a source based |
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distro like Gentoo that just means packages like pyrex need to be remerged |
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when upgrading e.g. from python 2.4 to 2.5. This is why the python-updater |
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script exists. |
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On binary distros like Debian, however, reinstalling the same binary package |
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won't fix anything because it doesn't get recompiled. Therefore they create |
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multiple versions of the same package where the only thing that differs is |
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the ABI... |
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Bo Andresen |
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