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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] yet another package check (take 2)

To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] yet another package check (take 2)
From: Ewan Mellor <ewan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:04:31 +0000
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On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 04:59:36PM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:

> >How about
> >
> >if ! python -c 'import xml.dom.minidom' 2>/dev/null ; then
> >  echo
> >  echo " *** Check for python development environment FAILED"
> >  exit 1
> >else
> >  exit 0
> >fi
> 
> Why not - I didn't invent the other method, I just cloned what we had for
> python-devel (which in turn I created based on suggestions from you and
> others). I'm not a python person at all, I just want understandable error
> messages when dependencies are missing instead of cryptic ones.

I'll put something like that in then.  I think SuSE are the only ones who
split minidom.py out from the main Python package, which is why you're having
the problem ;-)

Ewan.

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