For RedHat Linux 5.0, added notes about needing to remove the LinuxThreads

package, and -lcrypt for the crypt module.
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@ -265,6 +265,28 @@ Linux: On Linux version 1.x, once you've built Python, use it to run
status of a module from static to shared, you must remove its
.o file or do a "make clean".)
Under RedHat Linux 5.0, if upgraded from a previous version,
remove the LinuxThreads packages. This is needed because
LinuxThreads conflicts with the new thread support provided by
glibc. Before running Python's configure script, use the
following commands as root (version numbers may differ; these
are from a stock 4.2 install):
% rpm -qa | grep ^linuxthread
linuxthreads-0.5-1
linuxthreads-devel-0.5-1
% rpm -e linuxthreads linuxthreads-devel
While Python only needs this to be done to allow thread
support to be included, the conflicts these packages create
with the new glibc may cause other packages which use threads
to fail as well, so their removal is a good idea regardless of
how you configure python.
Also under RedHat Linux 5.0, the crypt module now needs the
-lcrypt option. Uncomment this flag in Modules/Setup, or
comment out the crypt module in the same file.
DEC Unix: When enabling threads, use --with-dec-threads, not
--with-thread.