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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[181662f] | 7 | <!ENTITY python2-download-http
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[549e65f] | 8 | "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/&python2-version;/Python-&python2-version;.tar.xz">
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[27d9434] | 9 | <!ENTITY python2-download-ftp " ">
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[fdf7cce1] | 10 | <!ENTITY python2-md5sum "fd6cc8ec0a78c44036f825e739f36e5a">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY python2-size "12.2 MB">
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[292ff45] | 12 | <!ENTITY python2-buildsize "228 MB (add 17 MB for tests)">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY python2-time "0.5 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 5.9 SBU for tests)">
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[82fac2c] | 14 |
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[181662f] | 15 | <!ENTITY python2htmldoc-download-http
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[cf6ee3d9] | 16 | "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/doc/&python2-version;/python-&python2-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2">
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[bf847d6d] | 17 | ]>
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| 18 |
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[4716d52] | 19 | <sect1 id="python2" xreflabel="Python-&python2-version;">
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[bf847d6d] | 20 | <?dbhtml filename="python2.html" ?>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <sect1info>
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[4949485e] | 23 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[bf847d6d] | 24 | </sect1info>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <title>Python-&python2-version;</title>
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| 27 |
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[4716d52] | 28 | <indexterm zone="python2">
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[82fac2c] | 29 | <primary sortas="a-Python2">Python2</primary>
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[bf847d6d] | 30 | </indexterm>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 33 | <title>Introduction to Python 2</title>
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| 34 |
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[181662f] | 35 | <para>
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| 36 | The <application>Python 2</application> package contains the
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[82fac2c] | 37 | <application>Python</application> development environment. It is useful
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[181662f] | 38 | for object-oriented programming, writing scripts, prototyping large
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| 39 | programs or developing entire applications. This version is for backward
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| 40 | compatibility with other dependent packages.
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| 41 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 42 |
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[4343801] | 43 | <note>
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| 44 | <para>
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[8558044] | 45 | Python2 has been deprecated by the upstream developers.
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| 46 | Support for Python2 was discontinued on January 1st, 2020.
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[4343801] | 47 | </para>
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[8558044] | 48 |
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[de33b2a] | 49 | <para>
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[4343801] | 50 | BLFS is attempting to use Python3 as much as possible, but some
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| 51 | packages have not been updated to support Python3.
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| 52 | </para>
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| 53 | </note>
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| 54 |
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[046d740] | 55 | &lfs112_checked;
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[bf847d6d] | 56 |
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| 57 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 58 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 59 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&python2-download-http;"/>
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| 62 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&python2-download-ftp;"/>
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| 67 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Download MD5 sum: &python2-md5sum;
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| 72 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 75 | <para>
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| 76 | Download size: &python2-size;
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| 77 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 78 | </listitem>
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| 79 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 80 | <para>
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| 81 | Estimated disk space required: &python2-buildsize;
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| 82 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 85 | <para>
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| 86 | Estimated build time: &python2-time;
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| 87 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 88 | </listitem>
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| 89 | </itemizedlist>
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| 90 |
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[54ae6b8] | 91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 92 |
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[5d11f8f] | 93 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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[bf847d6d] | 94 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 95 | <para>
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[292ff45] | 96 | Required patch:
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| 97 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/Python-&python2-version;-security_fixes-1.patch"/>
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| 98 | </para>
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| 99 | </listitem>
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| 100 | <listitem>
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| 101 | <para>
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| 102 | Optional HTML Documentation: <ulink url="&python2htmldoc-download-http;"/>
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[181662f] | 103 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 104 | </listitem>
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[fb990982] | 105 | </itemizedlist>
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| 106 |
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[292ff45] | 107 |
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[03d30cf] | 108 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Python 2 Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[db8d276] | 109 |
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[82fac2c] | 110 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 111 | <para role="recommended">
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[db8d276] | 112 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/> (For an additional modules)
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[82fac2c] | 113 | </para>
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[db8d276] | 114 |
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[bf847d6d] | 115 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[181662f] | 116 | <para role="optional">
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[9be7202] | 117 | <xref linkend="bluez"/> and
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| 118 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>
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[82fac2c] | 119 | </para>
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| 120 |
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[db8d276] | 121 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (For more additional modules)</bridgehead>
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[82fac2c] | 122 | <para role="optional">
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[db8d276] | 123 | <xref linkend="libnsl"/> and
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[82fac2c] | 124 | <xref linkend="tk"/>
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[181662f] | 125 | </para>
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[cac7f93] | 126 |
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[181662f] | 127 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 128 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/Python"/>
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| 129 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 130 | </sect2>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[03d30cf] | 133 | <title>Installation of Python 2</title>
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[4343801] | 134 |
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[61f684f2] | 135 | <para>
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[8558044] | 136 | First, disable the installation of a script that overwrites a more
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[61f684f2] | 137 | recent script:
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| 138 | </para>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/2to3/d' ./setup.py</userinput></screen>
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[4343801] | 141 |
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[181662f] | 142 | <para>
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[03d30cf] | 143 | Install <application>Python 2</application> by running the following
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[181662f] | 144 | commands:
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| 145 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 146 |
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[8d52465b] | 147 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../Python-&python2-version;-security_fixes-1.patch &&
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[292ff45] | 148 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 149 | --enable-shared \
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| 150 | --with-system-expat \
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| 151 | --with-system-ffi \
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| 152 | --enable-unicode=ucs4 &&
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[bf847d6d] | 153 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 154 |
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[167a240] | 155 | <para>
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[292ff45] | 156 | If you invoke the tests, they will run through twice.
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[1a64240] | 157 | To test the results, issue: <command>make -k test</command>.
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[5f26bc36] | 158 | <!-- https://bugs.python.org/issue46811 -->
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| 159 | Several tests are known to fail, including
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| 160 | <literal>test_ftplib</literal>,
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| 161 | <literal>test_ssl</literal>,
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| 162 | <literal>test_urllib2_localnet</literal>,
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[046d740] | 163 | <literal>test_xml_etree</literal>,
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| 164 | <literal>test_xml_etree_c</literal>, and
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[5f26bc36] | 165 | <literal>test_minidom</literal>. These failures are due to
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| 166 | OpenSSL-3 and Expat-2.4.6.
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[181662f] | 167 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 168 |
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[181662f] | 169 | <para>
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| 170 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 171 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 172 |
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[61f684f2] | 173 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make altinstall &&
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| 174 | ln -s python2.7 /usr/bin/python2 &&
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| 175 | ln -s python2.7-config /usr/bin/python2-config &&
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[7224506] | 176 | chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libpython&python2-majorver;.so.1.0</userinput></screen>
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[bf847d6d] | 177 |
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[181662f] | 178 | <para>
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[7fe0ce3b] | 179 | Since <application>Python 2</application> is in maintenance mode, and
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| 180 | <application>Python 3</application> is recommended by upstream for
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[8b9b43e] | 181 | development, you probably do not need to install the documentation.
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[7fe0ce3b] | 182 | However, if you still want to install documentation for both
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[8b9b43e] | 183 | <application>Python</application> versions, be sure to define the
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| 184 | <envar>PYTHONDOCS</envar>
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[7fe0ce3b] | 185 | variable for the version you want to use, each time you need to consult
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| 186 | the documentation. If you have downloaded the preformatted documentation
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[80106051] | 187 | from <ulink url="https://docs.python.org/download.html"/>, install it
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[03d30cf] | 188 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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[181662f] | 189 | </para>
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| 190 |
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[23d3543c] | 191 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; &&
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[7b273030] | 192 |
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| 193 | tar --strip-components=1 \
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| 194 | --no-same-owner \
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| 195 | --directory /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; \
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| 196 | -xvf ../python-&python2-version;-docs-html.tar.bz2 &&
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| 197 |
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[03d30cf] | 198 | find /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \; &&
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| 199 | find /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version; -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;</userinput></screen>
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[bf847d6d] | 200 | </sect2>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 203 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 204 |
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[82fac2c] | 205 | <para>
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[00ff1df] | 206 | <parameter>--with-system-expat</parameter>: This switch enables linking
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| 207 | against system version of <application>Expat</application>.
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[82fac2c] | 208 | </para>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <para>
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[00ff1df] | 211 | <parameter>--with-system-ffi</parameter>: This switch enables linking
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[8558044] | 212 | against system version of <application>libffi</application>.
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[82fac2c] | 213 | </para>
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| 214 |
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[23c5563] | 215 | <para>
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[9c76376] | 216 | <parameter>--enable-unicode=ucs4</parameter>: This switch enables
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[b9c353b] | 217 | 32-bit Unicode support in <application>Python</application>.
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[23c5563] | 218 | </para>
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| 219 |
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[82fac2c] | 220 | <para>
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[9c76376] | 221 | <option>--with-ensurepip=yes</option> : This switch enables building
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| 222 | <command>pip</command> and <command>setuptools</command> packaging programs.
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| 223 | <command>setuptools</command> is needed for building some Python modules.
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[1fe05eb] | 224 | This switch is not recommended because this version of Python is no longer
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[5ff8c3a] | 225 | maintained.
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[82fac2c] | 226 | </para>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <para>
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[00ff1df] | 229 | <option>--with-dbmliborder=bdb:gdbm:ndbm</option>: Use this switch
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[0d7900a] | 230 | if you want to build <application>Python</application> DBM Module
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[82fac2c] | 231 | against <application>Berkeley DB</application> instead of
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| 232 | <application>GDBM</application>.
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| 233 | </para>
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| 234 |
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[61f684f2] | 235 | <para>
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[8558044] | 236 | <command>make altinstall</command>: This make target omits some default
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[61f684f2] | 237 | symbolic links that may interfere with Python 3.
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| 238 | </para>
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| 239 |
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[181662f] | 240 | <para>
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[0d7900a] | 241 | <command>chmod ...</command>: Fix permissions for libraries to be
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[181662f] | 242 | consistent with other libraries.
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| 243 | </para>
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[82fac2c] | 244 |
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[bf847d6d] | 245 | </sect2>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 248 | <title>Configuring Python 2</title>
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| 249 |
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[181662f] | 250 | <para>
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| 251 | In order for <command>python</command> to find the installed
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| 252 | documentation, you must add the following environment variable to
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| 253 | individual user's or the system's profile:
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| 254 | </para>
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[bf847d6d] | 255 |
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[03d30cf] | 256 | <screen role="root"><userinput>export PYTHONDOCS=/usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version;</userinput></screen>
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[82fac2c] | 257 |
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[bf847d6d] | 258 | </sect2>
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| 259 |
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| 260 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 261 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <segmentedlist>
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| 264 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[03d30cf] | 265 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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[bf847d6d] | 266 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <seglistitem>
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[181662f] | 269 | <seg>
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[8558044] | 270 | pydoc,
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| 271 | python2 (symlink),
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[61f684f2] | 272 | python2-config (symlink),
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[8558044] | 273 | python&python2-majorver;,
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[61f684f2] | 274 | python&python2-majorver;-config,
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[8558044] | 275 | smtpd.py, and
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[61f684f2] | 276 | idle
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[181662f] | 277 | </seg>
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| 278 | <seg>
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[03d30cf] | 279 | libpython&python2-majorver;.so
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[181662f] | 280 | </seg>
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| 281 | <seg>
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[fcabde3c] | 282 | /usr/{include,lib}/python&python2-majorver; and
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| 283 | /usr/share/doc/python-&python2-version;
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| 284 | </seg>
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[bf847d6d] | 285 | </seglistitem>
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| 286 | </segmentedlist>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <variablelist>
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| 289 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 290 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 291 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 292 |
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[03d30cf] | 293 | <varlistentry id="idle">
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[bf847d6d] | 294 | <term><command>idle</command></term>
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| 295 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 296 | <para>
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| 297 | is a wrapper script that opens a <application>Python</application>
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[d0aecd33] | 298 | aware GUI editor. For this script to run, you must have installed
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| 299 | <application>Tk</application> before Python so that the Tkinter
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[4c24eb0a] | 300 | Python module is built
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[181662f] | 301 | </para>
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[03d30cf] | 302 | <indexterm zone="python2 idle">
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| 303 | <primary sortas="b-idle">idle</primary>
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[bf847d6d] | 304 | </indexterm>
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| 305 | </listitem>
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| 306 | </varlistentry>
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| 307 |
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| 308 | <varlistentry id="pydoc2">
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| 309 | <term><command>pydoc</command></term>
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| 310 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 311 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 312 | is the <application>Python</application> documentation tool
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[181662f] | 313 | </para>
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[4716d52] | 314 | <indexterm zone="python2 pydoc2">
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[bf847d6d] | 315 | <primary sortas="b-pydoc2">pydoc</primary>
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| 316 | </indexterm>
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| 317 | </listitem>
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| 318 | </varlistentry>
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| 319 |
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[181662f] | 320 | <varlistentry id="python">
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[61f684f2] | 321 | <term><command>python2</command></term>
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[bf847d6d] | 322 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 323 | <para>
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| 324 | is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
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[4c24eb0a] | 325 | language
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[181662f] | 326 | </para>
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| 327 | <indexterm zone="python2 python">
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[4716d52] | 328 | <primary sortas="b-python2">python</primary>
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[bf847d6d] | 329 | </indexterm>
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| 330 | </listitem>
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| 331 | </varlistentry>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <varlistentry id="python2-ver">
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| 334 | <term><command>python&python2-majorver;</command></term>
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| 335 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 336 | <para>
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| 337 | is a version-specific name for the <command>python</command>
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[4c24eb0a] | 338 | program
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[181662f] | 339 | </para>
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[4716d52] | 340 | <indexterm zone="python2 python2-ver">
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[b88be39] | 341 | <primary sortas="b-python&python2-majorver;">python&python2-majorver;</primary>
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[bf847d6d] | 342 | </indexterm>
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| 343 | </listitem>
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| 344 | </varlistentry>
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| 345 |
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[03d30cf] | 346 | <varlistentry id="smtpd.py">
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[bf847d6d] | 347 | <term><command>smtpd.py</command></term>
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| 348 | <listitem>
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[181662f] | 349 | <para>
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[4c24eb0a] | 350 | is an SMTP proxy implemented in <application>Python</application>
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[181662f] | 351 | </para>
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[03d30cf] | 352 | <indexterm zone="python2 smtpd.py">
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| 353 | <primary sortas="b-smtpd.py">smtpd.py</primary>
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[bf847d6d] | 354 | </indexterm>
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| 355 | </listitem>
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| 356 | </varlistentry>
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[82fac2c] | 357 |
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[bf847d6d] | 358 | </variablelist>
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[82fac2c] | 359 |
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[bf847d6d] | 360 | </sect2>
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[82fac2c] | 361 |
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[bf847d6d] | 362 | </sect1>
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