python problem during compilation

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

that's strange - something is broken at your side. The python include
problem should be handled automatically: compiling python/ is done
before scripts/ , and make/lilypond-vars.make 
which is included from scripts has

  export PYTHONPATH:=$(builddir)/python/$(outdir):$(PYTHONPATH)

Can you check why help2man doesn't work?  The rules are in

    stepmake/stepmake/help2man-*make




address@hidden writes:
> 
> [CVS 2003-09-19]
> 
> While compiling I get this:
> 
>   /usr/bin/perl \
>     /home/sx0005/lilypond.compiled/buildscripts/out/help2man \
>       /home/sx0005/lilypond.compiled//scripts/out/midi2ly \
>       > /home/sx0005/lilypond.compiled//scripts/out/midi2ly.1
>   help2man: can't get `--help' info from 
>             /home/sx0005/lilypond.compiled//scripts/out/midi2ly
>   make[2]: *** [/home/sx0005/lilypond.compiled//scripts/out/midi2ly.1] Error 1
> 
> Directly saying (in scripts/out):
> 
>   ./midi2ly --help
> 
> I get
> 
>   Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "./midi2ly", line 43, in ?
>       import midi
>   ImportError: No module named midi
> 
> This looks like a chicken-and-egg problem since installing the python
> module before lilypond is probably a bad idea.  I suggest that the
> option --help is handled before the `midi' module is loaded.  BTW, the
> same problem happens with `scripts/out/lilypond' and
> `scripts/out/lilypond-book'.

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