sim build problem

I was trying to build a sim version on an old Centos 5.2 system, fixed a few missing dependencies, but then ran into a
bomb during the make. I was following the instructions in the wiki for building a sim-only version.

Compiling emc/rs274ngc/interp_read.cc
Compiling emc/rs274ngc/interp_write.cc
Compiling emc/rs274ngc/interp_o_word.cc
Compiling emc/rs274ngc/nurbs_additional_functions.cc
Compiling emc/rs274ngc/interp_namedparams.cc
emc/rs274ngc/interp_namedparams.cc: In member function ‘int Interp::lookup_named_param(const char*, double, double*)’:
emc/rs274ngc/interp_namedparams.cc:641: warning: passing ‘double’ for argument 1 to ‘int abs(int)’
Compiling emc/rs274ngc/interp_python.cc
emc/rs274ngc/interp_python.cc: In function ‘std::string handle_pyerror()’:
emc/rs274ngc/interp_python.cc:63: error: ‘import’ was not declared in this scope
make: *** [objects/emc/rs274ngc/interp_python.o] Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/home/elson/linuxcnc-dev/src'

Anyone recognize this and know what to do?

Thanks,

Jon

What version of python do you have? Maybe you need an update.

I don't know, will check Monday. But, updates fro this system are getting hard
to find, at least pre-compiled from a repository. We are going to update it sometime,
but it never seems to happen.

Thanks

Jon

Looks like python-2.4.3-46.el5.x86_64, but I'm not sure I installed everything that is needed.

Thanks,

Jon

That python version is from 2006. Maybe update it to something current when the version of emc2/linuxcnc you are using was released?
What version are you compiling?

www.hostucan.com/webmaster-tutorials/centos-python-2.6-install
maybe something like this can help you?

And I'm just guessing on all of this! I'm pretty good at figuring out how to fix my own errors, but I dont mind starting from scratch if I mess something up.
I don't want to break your system, so be careful.