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Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 21:53:14 +0100
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Python 2.2.1 for DOS test release
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Hello.

deckerben wrote:
> 
> Hello group,
> 
>     A DJGPP-built Python 2.2.1 binary has been uploaded to
> http://phaseit.net/Python/python-djgpp.221.tar.gz .

Wow! How difficult was it to port? Were any source changes required?

[snip] 
>         Richard Dawe's libsocket port may enable some low-level options, but
> socketmodule.c still does not compile as of now. Libsocket is not being
> actively developed.
[snip]

Personally I would not bother trying to make Python work with libsocket, since
libsocket is unsupported. It's more trouble than it's worth. Is a socket
library currently required to build Python?

Thanks, regards,

-- 
Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]