build error: bootstrap issue with gettext

[pitrou]

BPO	11621
Nosy	@db3l, @pitrou, @merwok, @bitdancer

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2011-03-21.15:08:40.338>
created_at = <Date 2011-03-21.14:12:15.918>
labels = ['type-bug', 'build', 'release-blocker']
title = 'build error: bootstrap issue with gettext'
updated_at = <Date 2011-03-21.22:52:39.802>
user = 'https://github.com/pitrou'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2011-03-21.22:52:39.802>
actor = 'eric.araujo'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2011-03-21.15:08:40.338>
closer = 'pitrou'
components = ['Build']
creation = <Date 2011-03-21.14:12:15.918>
creator = 'pitrou'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 11621
keywords = []
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['131655', '131662', '131663', '131665', '131698']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['db3l', 'pitrou', 'eric.araujo', 'r.david.murray', 'python-dev']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'release blocker'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue11621'
versions = ['Python 3.3']

[pitrou]

Looks like a bootstrap issue, could be related to the latest getopt changes:

Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea.dmg/3.x.dmg/build/setup.py", line 13, in <module>
    from distutils.core import Extension, setup
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea.dmg/3.x.dmg/build/Lib/distutils/core.py", line 18, in <module>
    from distutils.dist import Distribution
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea.dmg/3.x.dmg/build/Lib/distutils/dist.py", line 17, in <module>
    from distutils.fancy_getopt import FancyGetopt, translate_longopt
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea.dmg/3.x.dmg/build/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py", line 14, in <module>
    import getopt
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea.dmg/3.x.dmg/build/Lib/getopt.py", line 37, in <module>
    from gettext import gettext as _
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea.dmg/3.x.dmg/build/Lib/gettext.py", line 49, in <module>
    import locale, copy, io, os, re, struct, sys
  File "/Users/db3l/buildarea.dmg/3.x.dmg/build/Lib/struct.py", line 12, in <module>
    from _struct import *
ImportError: No module named '_struct'
make: *** [sharedmods] Error 1

[pitrou]

Actually, it's not specific to the DMG build.

[python-dev]

New changeset 160823d258b5 by Antoine Pitrou in branch 'default':
Issue bpo-11621: fix bootstrap issue with getopt/gettext (following d3e46930ffe9)
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/160823d258b5

[pitrou]

Should be fixed.

[merwok]

Thank you for catching and fixing this.