CentOS - May 2007 - Trying to build custom Python 2.4.4 RPM

I'm trying to build a custom RPM with a standalone Python 2.4.4 in the /opt
directory to keep it isolated from the stock version of Python in CentOS
4.4. The end goal is to use it in conjunction with yet-to-be-built RPMS of
the current versions of Zope and Plone.
 
The spec file I've constructed allows me to build a RPM successfully, but
when I try to install the RPM, it complains:

error: Failed dependencies:
        /usr/local/bin/python is needed by python24-2.4.4-0.i386

I'm not sure if this is more of a Python or RPM issue. So, I'm hoping
someone on the list knows enough about both to help me out. 

Here is my spec file:

%define optdir /opt/Python-2.4.4

Summary: An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
Name: python24
Version: 2.4.4
Release: 0
License: PSF - see LICENSE
Group: Development/Languages
URL: http://www.python.org/
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root

Source:
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/%{version}/Python-%{version}.tar.bz2

%description
<SNIPPED>

%prep
%setup -q -n Python-%{version}

%build
./configure \
        --prefix=%{optdir} \
        --exec-prefix=%{optdir} \
        --with-readline \
        --with-zlib
make

%install
rm -rf %{buildroot}
make \
        prefix=%{optdir} \
        exec_prefix=%{optdir} \
        bindir=%{optdir}/bin \
        includedir=%{optdir}/include \
        libdir=%{optdir}/lib \
        mandir=%{optdir}/man \
install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}

%clean
rm -rf %{buildroot}

%files
%defattr(-,root,root)
/opt/*

Thanks!

See how the Unified Installer does it.? In fact, an RPM of the Unified Installer
from Plone.org might be better than just the standalone packages.
--
Lamar Owen
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www.pari.edu

Del Stoliker wrote:
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         /usr/local/bin/python is needed by python24-2.4.4-0.i386
There's probably some documentation or example script which references
/usr/local/bin/python in the shebang. This might get pulled in
as a dependency during the automatic requirement processing.

You might have to remove this reference. There was a problem like that
with perl-Config-General in rpmforge, where some documentation triggered
a dependency on perl(Carp::Heavy).

Cheers,

Ralph
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Del Stoliker wrote:
> I'm trying to build a custom RPM with a standalone Python 2.4.4 in the
/opt
> directory to keep it isolated from the stock version of Python in CentOS
> 4.4. The end goal is to use it in conjunction with yet-to-be-built RPMS of
> the current versions of Zope and Plone.
>  
> The spec file I've constructed allows me to build a RPM successfully,
but
> when I try to install the RPM, it complains:
>
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         /usr/local/bin/python is needed by python24-2.4.4-0.i386
>
> I'm not sure if this is more of a Python or RPM issue. So, I'm
hoping
> someone on the list knows enough about both to help me out. 
>
> Here is my spec file:
>
> %define optdir /opt/Python-2.4.4
>   
I've previously used a modified version of the RPMs found at:

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.4/rpms/

and they worked great on CentOS 4.4.  They also installed alongside the 
python 2.3.4 that comes with CentOS 4.

-Greg

> > error: Failed dependencies:
> >         /usr/local/bin/python is needed by python24-2.4.4-0.i386
> 
> There's probably some documentation or example script which references
> /usr/local/bin/python in the shebang. This might get pulled in as a
> dependency during the automatic requirement processing.
> 
> You might have to remove this reference. There was a problem like that
> with perl-Config-General in rpmforge, where some documentation
> triggered a dependency on perl(Carp::Heavy).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ralph
I found it!  The file /pythonroot/lib/python2.4/cgi.py starts with "#!
/usr/local/bin/python" and goes on to say in the comments that it's not
a
mistake.  I found that in the stock CentOS Python 2.3, the file is also
there, but was patched to point at the installed Python. So, I just did a
substitution in my install section of the spec file and the RPM will now
install.

Thanks everyone for your replies!

Del