On Dec 26, 2004, at 6:15 PM, Jack Jansen wrote:
I've added a script Mac/OSX/fixapplepython23.py to the CVS repository, only to the trunk for now, that will inspect and fix the Apple-installed Python 2.3 as per what we discussed here (making extensions build in a way that works, even if newer Pythons are installed).
I'd like it if people could test the script, and test whether they see the warning (you need to run this script) if they do a framework install of 2.5a0 if their apple-python needs patching.
Also, if people could run this on OSX 10.2 and 10.4, just to see that it doesn't cause any problems there, would be nice.
The script does all sorts of error-checking (which hasn't been tested yet, of course:-), and I'm actually thinking of having the patch-installer (also discussed previously, this is a .pkg installer that will fix Apple-installed Python for people not building from source) also simply run this script, in stead of bluntly installing a modified copy of lib/config/Makefile. Opinions on this?
Bluntly installing the Makefile will only be a problem if the user has an incorrect version of Mac OS X. The installer should check the version of the OS to be exactly 10.3.x as a precondition. This check can be done entirely in the Info.plist using functionality introduced in the Mac OS X 10.3 installer. There is no reason to have a script that does this, and error checking doesn't sound very useful as it will probably report "false positives" for people who have modified the Makefile in a similar but weaker or even mildly incorrect manner, but would still benefit from having the "officially patched" version.
-bob
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