[Pythonmac-SIG] Embedding Python in applications under MacOSX and Darwin. (original) (raw)

David M.Cooke cookedm at physics.mcmaster.ca
Sun Nov 28 09:45:13 CET 2004

On Nov 27, 2004, at 23:02, Robert White wrote:

I am wondering if someone can answer this question for me. Is Python installed as a framework under Darwin? If so, is there an easy way to know within a "configure" script (autoconf, libtool, et al) whether you are in MacOSX or Darwin? I do not run Darwin, just MacOSX. The reason that I ask this is that there are several programs that embed python within the Darwinports system and I would like to develop a common routine that would allow a "configure" script to properly compile and link against the Python Framework in MacOSX yet work in Darwin as well. I have not looked at a lot of ports, but the ones that I have looked at don't get it right and I am too new to the libtool system to provide a proper response. So any information or pointers are greatly appreciated.

In DarwinPorts, python is installed as a shared library (non-framework), just like it would be under other unices. I think a good way to check for Mac OS-specific is something like

try: import MacOS except ImportError: python_type = 'not macos' else: if MacOS.linkmodel == 'framework': python_type = 'framework' else: python_type = 'not framework'

(run in the python you're testing, of course)

According to the docs, MacOS.linkmodel is 'framework', 'static', or 'shared'; a DarwinPorts python should be 'shared'.

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