Platform: FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE
Python version: 2.4b1

After untarring I just did 'make' and then 'make test'.
make test passes all except following (output of make
test):
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test_subprocess
    this bit of output is from a test of stdout in a
different process ...
test test_subprocess failed -- Traceback (most recent
call last):
  File
"/usr/home/shalabh/down/Python-2.4b1/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py",
line 432, in test_close_fds
    self.assertEqual(p.stdout.read(), "3")
AssertionError: '5' != '3'
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Also, make test ends with:
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*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/home/shalabh/down/Python-2.4b1.
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Don't know if above is expected when a test fails.