In article <rowen-e2f734.15471117042...@news.gmane.org>, "Russell E. Owen" <ro...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > In article <nad-304e10.20284516042...@news.gmane.org>, > Ned Deily <n...@acm.org> wrote: > > In article <dd982bd4-02ab-4395-afee-cd3d0eeb7...@u.washington.edu>, > > Russell Owen <ro...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > I installed the Mac binary on my Intel 10.5.6 system and it works, > > > except it still uses Apple's system Tcl/Tk 8.4.7 instead of my > > > ActiveState 8.4.19 (which is in /Library/Frameworks where one would > > > expect). > > > > > > I just built python from source and that version does use ActiveState > > > 8.4.19. > > > > > > I wish I knew what's going on. Not being able to use the binary > > > distros is a bit of a pain. > > > > You're right, the tkinter included with the 2.6.2 installer is not > > linked properly: > > > > Is: > > $ cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6 > > $ cd lib/python2.6/lib-dynload > > $ otool -L _tkinter.so > > _tkinter.so: > > /System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.4/Tcl > > (compatibility version 8.4.0, current version 8.4.0) > > /System/Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/Versions/8.4/Tk > > (compatibility version 8.4.0, current version 8.4.0) > > /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib [...] > > > > should be: > > _tkinter.so: > > /Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/8.4/Tcl (compatibility > > version 8.4.0, current version 8.4.19) > > /Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/Versions/8.4/Tk (compatibility > > version 8.4.0, current version 8.4.19) > > /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib [...] > > Just for the record, when I built Python 2.6 from source I got the > latter output (the desired result). > > If someone can point me to instructions I'm willing to try to make a > binary installer and make it available (though I'd much prefer to debug > the standard installer).
I suspect Ronald will be fixing this in the standard installer soon. -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
