[Python-Dev] Fwd: Broken link to download (Mac OS X) (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Apr 14 22:40:19 CEST 2010

I think you just need to supply to configure

MACOSXDEPLOYMENTTARGET=10.4 and have the appropriate SDK installed with Xcode.

Wouldn't that break 10.3 compatibility (seel below)?

Unfortunately, Apple manages to break compatibility and portability with every release, which makes this particular build task soooo tricky. You have to make all kinds of decisions and compromises where are really difficult to keep track of.

Hmm. Apple provided compatibility SDK and documented it. The only compromise I see in this build process right now is that we are building a Panther (10.3) compatible installer, while Mac OS X is a certified UNIX starting with 10.5.

I think there are more issues. People want a fat binary that supports AMD64 along with x86, yet building such a binary requires an SDK that won't support PPC anymore - right?

Regards, Martin

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