Bootstrapping Venus on Mac via Fink

[Chris Dolan]

Sam,

I'm just now getting around to trying Venus.  A few comments from the  
process on my Mac.  No questions or problems below -- just a data  
point for you.

I am a member of the Fink community, which packages open source  
software using deb and apt.  I have Python 2.3.5 (from Apple), 2.4,  
and 2.5 (from Fink) installed on my machine.  Fink has most thorough  
support for 2.4 still (e.g. libxml2 is packaged only for 2.4) so  
that's best for Venus at this time.  Here are the install steps for  
someone who already has the latest Fink (v0.8.1/v0.25.1) installed:

% fink install bzr-py25
% fink install libxml2-py24
% fink install sed
% bzr get http://intertwingly.net/code/venus
% cd venus
% python2.4 runtests.py

WARNING:planet.runner:Redland RDF is not available => can't test FOAF  
reading lists
...............................................................ERROR:pla 
net.runner:Error 500 while updating feed tests/data/spider/ 
testfeed0.atom
........................................................................ 
....................
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 155 tests in 15.994s

OK

% python2.5 runtests.py

WARNING:planet.runner:libxml2 is not available => can't test  
xpath_sifter
WARNING:planet.runner:Redland RDF is not available => can't test FOAF  
reading lists
..............................................................ERROR:plan 
et.runner:Error 500 while updating feed tests/data/spider/testfeed0.atom
.ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/example.com,3
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/example.com,4
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/planet.intertwingly.net, 
2006,testfeed1,1
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/planet.intertwingly.net, 
2006,testfeed1,2
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/planet.intertwingly.net, 
2006,testfeed1,3
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/planet.intertwingly.net, 
2006,testfeed1,4
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/planet.intertwingly.net, 
2006,testfeed2,1
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/planet.intertwingly.net, 
2006,testfeed2,2
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/planet.intertwingly.net, 
2006,testfeed2,3
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/planet.intertwingly.net, 
2006,testfeed2,4
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/planet.intertwingly.net, 
2006,testfeed3,1
ERROR:planet.runner:tests/data/splice/cache/planet.intertwingly.net, 
2006,testfeed3,2
........................................................................ 
...................
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 154 tests in 21.393s

OK


I don't understand the error messages, but the tests claim to pass.

Chris

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