I did:

jhbuild bootstrap

which builds python in /opt/gnome2.

Then I did:

jhbuild tinderbox --output=output

And dbus failed to build.

Dbus (with python enabled) needs the pyrex python module.

To fix, download http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/
and:

/opt/gnome2/bin/python setup.py install

jhbuild should build this module for you, it is a dependency.


In my case, when I tried to build dbus, it picked up the system pyrex python module. As my system python is compiled differently with regard to unicode, I get the error:

make[3]: Entering directory `/home/gnomecvs/cvs/gnome2/dbus/python'
/opt/gnome2/bin/python ./extract.py ./dbus_bindings.pxd.in -I./..  -I. > dbus_bindings.pxd.tmp && mv dbus_bindings.pxd.tmp dbus_bindings.pxd
running echo '#include "dbus_h_wrapper.h"
pyrexc ./dbus_bindings.pyx -I. -o ./dbus_bindings.c
'|cpp  -I./.. -I.Traceback (most recent call last):

+ Trace 68763

make[3]: *** [dbus_bindings.c] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2