New submission from Steffen Daode Nurpmeso sdao...@googlemail.com:
I always hated GNU Autoconf and M4.
After cloning branches/py3k today i needed two and a half hour to build and
compile a Python which includes the readline module.
I'll attach a primitive setup.py patch which should better not
R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com added the comment:
The OSX build process is...hairy. Windows likewise (because you have to use MS
tools). Elsewhere, it is pretty straightforward :)
The 10.4 deployment target is the one we want. You can build for a 10.4
deployment target even if you
Steffen Daode Nurpmeso sdao...@googlemail.com added the comment:
Ok, thanks. Mac/README is not for me, though, i'm only a simple Ex-FreeBSD
user which buyed good hardware with the wrong operating system. All these
mysterious frameworks and AvailabilityMacros.h really make you weird ;-)
Ronald Oussoren ronaldousso...@mac.com added the comment:
Use:
configure ...[other args]... MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5
(or 10.6 when you're on a 10.6 system)
This will build using the deployment target you mention, and will automaticly
include the readline module using Apple's
Steffen Daode Nurpmeso sdao...@googlemail.com added the comment:
Thank you, RO, exactly that very line would be great as an add-on for the
mentioned file - and (better: but - i'm lazy) it would be even better if that
hint would appear somewhere in 'configure --help'! That would make the apple
