Nmap Development: Re: BHDC08 Version of Nmap/Zenmap

[Jay Chandler <lists () sequestered net>]

On Aug 12, 2008, at 2:36 PM, David Fifield wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:23:40PM -0700, Jay Chandler wrote:
> > On Aug 12, 2008, at 7:59 AM, David Fifield wrote:
> > > Use the PYTHON environment variable when configuring:
> > >
> > >         PYTHON=/opt/local/bin/python ./configure ...
> > >
> > > or maybe
> > >
> > >         PYTHON=/opt/local/bin/python2.5 ./configure ...
> > This one is the correct option (as I discovered last night) for the
> > binary location, but then:
> >
> > checking for /opt/local/bin/python2.5 script directory... ${prefix}/
> > lib/python2.5/site-packages
> > checking for /opt/local/bin/python2.5 extension module directory... $
> > {exec_prefix}/lib/python2.5/site-packages
> >
> > How do I assign these as well?
> You shouldn't have to. Those messages come from the AM_PATH_PYTHON
> Autoconf macro we use to check for Python. We don't use the
> PYTHON_PREFIX and PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX values; those locations are found
> out by the setup.py script. It appears you can override PYTHON_PREFIX
> and PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX in the environment but you shouldn't need to.
I may have to-- PYTHON=/opt/local/bin/python2.5 ./configure continues  
to generate the above error messages.
> Try running uninstall_zenmap and reinstalling. distutils (the
> distribution system Zenmap uses) doesn't overwrite files on install
> unless the file to be installed is newer than the installed file. This
> may interfere with other parts of the installation. If that works,
> please tell me, and it will be a strong argument for always using
> --force when installing Zenmap, which is something I've thought about.
uninstall_zenmap worked correctly, but the configure directive still  
breaks.
> Can you run Zenmap by entering the zenmap source directory and running
> "/opt/local/bin/python2.5 zenmap"?
After satisfying a handful of dependancies, yes.  I'll include a list  
of them a bit later once we get this issue sorted.
--
Jay Chandler / KB1JWQ
Living Legend / Systems Exorcist
Today's Excuse: tachyon emissions overloading the system

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