BUG #2688: Building from source with PL/Python fails ("distutils not found")

My yesterday bug-report #2688 is solved. The solution was that I would
have need to set the path environment to the shared libraries after I
built Python with the --enable-shared option. A Linux newbie error. I
will ask the Python doc team to add a notice on the appropriate place.

Sorry for the inconvience.

Anastasios

> Subject:
> BUG #2688: Building from source with PL/Python fails ("distutils not found")
> From:
> "Anastasios Hatzis" <ah(at)hatzis(dot)de>
> Date:
> Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:45:35 GMT
> To:
> pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 2688
> Logged by: Anastasios Hatzis
> Email address: ah(at)hatzis(dot)de
> PostgreSQL version: 8.2beta1
> Operating system: openSUSE Linux 10.0 - 64bit
> Description: Building from source with PL/Python fails ("distutils
> not found")
> Details:
>
> OS: A clean, fresh, minimalistic installation of openSUSE Linux 10.0 - 64bit
> on AMD Opteron 146 CPU. I added GCC-C++ package and dependent packages.
> Details on request if needed.
>
> A1) Building successfully Python 2.5 (final) from source:
> # ./configure --enable-shared
> # make
> # make test
> # make install
>
> A2) Since at step B) problem occurred as described in C) I repeated Python
> installation with explicit distutils option and tried again B) - but also
> with same result as in C):
> # make clean
> # ./configure --enable-shared --with-distutils
> # make
> # make test
> # make install
>
>
> B) Building PostgreSQL 8.2-beta1 from source:
> # ./configure --with-python --with-openssl --enable-thread-safety
>
> C) Leads to this error:
> ...
> checking for python... /usr/local/bin/python
> checking for Python distutils module... no
> configure: error: distutils module not found
> #
>
> D)
> But there is distutils in my Python installation:
> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/distutils/
>
> In the printed directory usr/local/bin/python the following files of
> interest reside:
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 11912 Oct 11 20:25 python
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Oct 11 20:25 python-config ->
> python2.5-config
> -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 11912 Oct 11 20:25 python2.5
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1281 Oct 11 20:25 python2.5-config
>
> Probably I made a mistake during compilation? Or is this a problem of
> 8.2-beta1 with PL/Python on 64bit?
>
> Many thanks!