[Zope] Supported platforms and versions of Python

[Wayne Pascoe]

Hi all,

I'm looking into Zope as a work project. I have read the docs and would just
like to ask about supported Python versions and operating systems.

The docs say that you need Python 2.1. I can download 2.1.2 and 2.2. Is 2.2
supported ?

The reason I ask if 2.2 is supported leads to my next question. I am trying
to get Zope running on Mac OS X. The only version of Python that I can get
to compile and install is Python 2.2. Python 2.1.2 does not appear to
compile.

Trying to compile Python 2.1.2 produces the following output:

cc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -no-cpp-precomp -I. -I./Include
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -o Python/getopt.o Python/getopt.c
cc -c -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -no-cpp-precomp -I. -I./Include
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -o Python/dynload_next.o Python/dynload_next.c
Python/dynload_next.c:30: mach-o/rld.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [Python/dynload_next.o] Error 1

Trying to build Zope with Python 2.2 goes through a configure type output
and produces the following output:

make
cc -c -I. -I. -g -O2 -DPCGI_WRAPPER_MAIN -DVERSION=\"2.0a5\"
-DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_WAIT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DRETSIGTYPE=void
-DHAVE_PUTENV=1 -DHAVE_SOCKET=1 -DHAVE_STRERROR=1  -DUNIX -DOPT_NO_STDERR
-DCLOSE_FDS ./pcgi-wrapper.c
./pcgi.h:61: header file 'sys/sem.h' not found
cpp-precomp: warning: errors during smart preprocessing, retrying in basic
mode
make: *** [pcgi-wrapper.o] Error 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/src/Zope-2.5.0-src/w_pcgi.py", line 39, in ?
    if __name__=='__main__': main(sys.argv[0])
  File "/usr/local/src/Zope-2.5.0-src/w_pcgi.py", line 32, in main
    import build_pcgi
  File "/usr/local/src/Zope-2.5.0-src/inst/build_pcgi.py", line 25, in ?
    do('make')
  File "/usr/local/src/Zope-2.5.0-src/inst/do.py", line 32, in do
    if i and picky: raise SystemError, i
SystemError: 512

Is there any way to get this to work on OS X?

Thanks in advance,


-- 
Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk>