Part of the problem may be that xcode-select --help did NOT list install as an option on my system, BUT xcode-select --install still worked and did the right thing. Maybe this is what caused the confusion?
On Nov 14, 2013, at 10:26 AM, Daniel Johnson <daniel.johnso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Nov 14, 2013, at 8:51 AM, Dr. Wolfram Schroers > <dr.schro...@nua-schroers.de> wrote: > >> At least in the configuration stated (Xcode 5.0.2 on MacOS X 10.9), there is >> no command option named "--install". When I print the path (with >> "xcode-select -p") the result is >> "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer". >> >> Other packages compile and install correctly as well and I use the Xcode >> command line tools for development on a daily basis. The error message at >> the end of the python27 compilation is specific to that package. >> > > With Xcode 5.0.2 on 10.9, my xcode-select definitely supports --install. > That's how I installed the tools. You can also download the tools from > developer.apple.com. > > The issue with python is that until you run --install, Xcode doesn't create a > /usr/include directory and python's configure script needs to look there for > certain headers, like zlib.h. Since it doesn't find them, it doesn't build > the corresponding modules. Xcode DOES install command line stubs that look in > the SDK directory for things, but anything other than the compiler won't find > them, like a configure script. While other packages may build successfully, > they might not actually be building correctly because they don't know to look > in the SDK for the headers. I designed the python packages to explicitly > check that it was built correctly and fail if not. Most other packages don't > do that, they'll just silently build wrong. It's turning out to be good that > I did since it's telling people that Xcode isn't installed fully. :) > > Daniel > > <signature.asc>------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps > OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access > Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. > Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk_______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List archive: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user > Subscription management: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users Hans Kruse, Professor J. Warren McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Chief Operating Officer, GRID Lab 31 S. Court, Room 150, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701 740-593-4891 voice, 740-593-4889 fax ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
