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Randy McMurchy e204421d74 Added patch to Python instructions to fix Advisory ID: PSF-2005-001 vulnerability
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY python-download-http "http://www.python.org/ftp/python/&Python-version;/Python-&Python-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY python-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.python.org/pub/python/&Python-version;/Python-&Python-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY python-md5sum "44c2226eff0f3fc1f2fedaa1ce596533">
<!ENTITY python-size "7.8 MB">
<!ENTITY python-buildsize "133 MB">
<!ENTITY python-time "1.01 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="python" xreflabel="Python-&Python-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="Python.html" ?>
<title>Python-&Python-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="python">
<primary sortas="a-Python">Python</primary></indexterm>
<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Python</application></title>
<para>The <application>Python</application> package contains the
<application>Python</application> development environment.
This is useful for object-oriented programming, writing scripts,
prototyping large programs or developing entire applications.</para>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
<ulink url="&python-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP):
<ulink url="&python-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &python-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &python-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&python-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&python-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required patch: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/Python-&Python-version;-gdbm-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Required patch for Berkeley DB: <ulink
url="&patch-root;/Python-&Python-version;-db43-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Required patch (see
<ulink url="http://www.python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/"/>): <ulink
url="http://www.python.org/security/PSF-2005-001/patch.txt"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3><title><application>Python</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="openssl"/>,
<xref linkend="tk"/>,
<xref linkend="gdbm"/> and
<xref linkend="db"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Python</application></title>
<para>If you have Berkeley <application>DB</application> installed and wish to
utilize it, apply the following patch:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../Python-&Python-version;-db43-1.patch</command></userinput></screen>
<para>Install <application>Python</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np0 -i ../patch.txt &amp;&amp;
patch -Np1 -i ../Python-&Python-version;-gdbm-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>
<para>Now, as the root user:</para>
<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>pydoc, python, smtpd.py and optionally if <application>Tk</application>
is installed, idle</seg>
<seg>libpython&Python-version;.so and numerous modules installed in
/usr/lib/python&Python-version;/lib-dynload</seg>
<seg>/usr/include/python&Python-version;
and /usr/lib/python&Python-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<varlistentry id="idle">
<term><command>idle</command></term>
<listitem><para>is a wrapper script that opens a
<application>Python</application> aware <acronym>GUI</acronym> editor.</para>
<indexterm zone="python idle">
<primary sortas="b-idle">idle</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="pydoc">
<term><command>pydoc</command></term>
<listitem><para>is the <application>Python</application> documentation
tool.</para>
<indexterm zone="python pydoc">
<primary sortas="b-pydoc">pydoc</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="python-prog">
<term><command>python</command></term>
<listitem><para>is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
language.</para>
<indexterm zone="python python-prog">
<primary sortas="b-python">python</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="smtpd.py">
<term><command>smtpd.py</command></term>
<listitem><para>is an <acronym>SMTP</acronym> proxy implemented in
<application>Python</application>.</para>
<indexterm zone="python smtpd.py">
<primary sortas="b-smtpd.py">smtpd.py</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>