[Pythonmac-SIG] Python 2.3.4 Installation (original) (raw)

tmk lists at netelligent.biz
Sun Nov 28 16:53:29 CET 2004

Hi Bob,

First I must confess that I don't really understand the details of the
problem of building extensions with multiple versions of Python
installed on Panther...

Out of curiosity I just checked and the lib/python2.3/config/Makefile
file from my compiled from source python 2.3.4 don't appear to be
patched with the patch below.

Am I correct in assuming that this is ok and that the patch below is
only meant for the Apple-installed python 2.3?

Also in a separate but related e-mail you also suggested that one would
"also need to set the "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET" environment variable
to "10.3" when using this patch."

Could you please elaborate on how/where one should set that environment
variable (I set it in ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist).

TIA for any advice.

= tmk =

On Sep 27, 2004, at 06:19, Bob Ippolito wrote:

On Sep 27, 2004, at 12:01 AM, Samuel M.Smith wrote:

There isn't much on the new 2.3.4 Mac Python. Does 2.3.4 fix the problem where you couldn't have any framework version but the one that came with OSX (in this case 2.3 for Panther) ?. Yes the problem is fixed, but it's still present in the version of 2.3.0 that ships with 10.3.. so once you install any other framework build of 2.3 in the usual places, it will prevent any extension from linking correctly for 2.3.0. It's possible to monkeypatch Python 2.3.0 so it's not broken in this regard, though. Here's a diff: --- /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ python2.3/config/Makefile Sun Mar 7 22:33:33 2004 +++ /Users/bob/Makefile Sun Mar 7 22:32:16 2004 @@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ # Symbols used for using shared libraries SO= .so -LDSHARED= (CC)(CC) (CC)(LDFLAGS) -bundle -framework $(PYTHONFRAMEWORK) -BLDSHARED= (CC)(CC) (CC)(LDFLAGS) -bundle -framework $(PYTHONFRAMEWORK) +LDSHARED= (CC)(CC) (CC)(LDFLAGS) -bundle -undefined dynamiclookup +BLDSHARED= (CC)(CC) (CC)(LDFLAGS) -bundle -undefined dynamiclookup DESTSHARED= $(BINLIBDEST)/lib-dynload # Executable suffix (.exe on Windows and Mac OS X) Does the install from source replace 2.3? No, it goes in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework with some symlinks in /usr/local/bin There were a lot of posts about problems building extensions and stuff with a different version etc. Have those issues been resolved? Same answer as the first question. More of a what is the current state of Python 2.3.4 framework on os x 10.3.5? Uh, it works fine? -bob

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