python problem during compilation

[Werner LEMBERG]

[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'.


    Werner