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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2010-03-19 21:38:46 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2010-03-19 21:38:46 (GMT)
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port r78813 from trunk fixing #8089
Diffstat (limited to 'Mac')
-rw-r--r--Mac/Makefile.in14
-rw-r--r--Mac/README96
2 files changed, 86 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/Mac/Makefile.in b/Mac/Makefile.in
index 15531d8..1f42bbe 100644
--- a/Mac/Makefile.in
+++ b/Mac/Makefile.in
@@ -144,12 +144,14 @@ pythonw: $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c Makefile
-DPYTHONWEXECUTABLE='"$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"'
pythonw-32: $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c Makefile
- $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -arch i386 -arch ppc $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c \
- -DPYTHONWEXECUTABLE='"$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-32"'
+ $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o pythonw-tmp.o $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c \
+ -DPYTHONWEXECUTABLE='"$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-32"' ;\
+ lipo @LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS@ -output $@ pythonw-tmp.o ; rm pythonw-tmp.o
pythonw-64: $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c Makefile
- $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -arch x86_64 -arch ppc64 $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c \
- -DPYTHONWEXECUTABLE='"$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-64"'
+ $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o pythonw-tmp.o $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c \
+ -DPYTHONWEXECUTABLE='"$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-64"' ;\
+ lipo @LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS@ -output $@ pythonw-tmp.o ; rm pythonw-tmp.o
install_PythonLauncher:
cd PythonLauncher && make install DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
@@ -206,8 +208,8 @@ install_Python:
rm "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/Info.plist.in"
install_Python4way: install_Python
- lipo -extract i386 -extract ppc7400 -output "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-32" "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"
- lipo -extract x86_64 -extract ppc64 -output "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-64" "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"
+ lipo @LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS@ -output "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-32" "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"
+ lipo @LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS@ -output "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-64" "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"
diff --git a/Mac/README b/Mac/README
index c5aa1c5..c64478c 100644
--- a/Mac/README
+++ b/Mac/README
@@ -5,6 +5,39 @@ MacOSX Notes
This document provides a quick overview of some Mac OS X specific features in
the Python distribution.
+Mac-specific arguments to configure
+===================================
+
+* ``--enable-framework``
+
+ If this argument is specified the build will create a Python.framework rather
+ than a traditional Unix install. See the section
+ _`Building and using a framework-based Python on Mac OS X` for more
+ information on frameworks.
+
+* ``--with-framework-name=NAME``
+
+ Specify the name for the python framework, defaults to ``Python``. This option
+ is only valid when ``--enable-framework`` is specified.
+
+* ``--enable-universalsdk[=PATH]``
+
+ Create a universal binary build of of Python. This can be used with both
+ regular and framework builds.
+
+ The optional argument specifies with OSX SDK should be used to perform the
+ build. This defaults to ``/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.10.4u.sdk``, specify
+ ``/`` when building on a 10.5 system, especially when building 64-bit code.
+
+ See the section _`Building and using a universal binary of Python on Mac OS X`
+ for more information.
+
+* ``--with-universal-archs=VALUE``
+
+ Specify the kind of universal binary that should be created. This option is
+ only valid when ``--enable-universalsdk`` is specified.
+
+
Building and using a universal binary of Python on Mac OS X
===========================================================
@@ -31,6 +64,34 @@ unix build. Either way you will have to build python on Mac OS X 10.4 (or later)
with Xcode 2.1 (or later). You also have to install the 10.4u SDK when
installing Xcode.
+The option ``--enable-universalsdk`` has an optional argument to specify an
+SDK, which defaults to the 10.4u SDK. When you build on OSX 10.5 or later
+you can use the system headers instead of an SDK::
+
+ $ ./configure --enable-universalsdk=/
+
+2.1 Flavours of universal binaries
+..................................
+
+It is possible to build a number of flavours of the universal binary build,
+the default is a 32-bit only binary (i386 and ppc). The flavour can be
+specified using the option ``--with-universal-archs=VALUE``. The following
+values are available:
+
+ * ``32-bit``: ``ppc``, ``i386``
+
+ * ``64-bit``: ``ppc64``, ``x86_64``
+
+ * ``all``: ``ppc``, ``ppc64``, ``i386``, ``x86_64``
+
+ * ``3-way``: ``ppc``, ``i386`` and ``x86_64``
+
+ * ``intel``: ``i386``, ``x86_64``
+
+To build a universal binary that includes a 64-bit architecture you must build
+on a system running OSX 10.5 or later. The ``all`` flavour can only be build on
+OSX 10.5.
+
Building and using a framework-based Python on Mac OS X.
========================================================
@@ -48,7 +109,7 @@ will have to do the work yourself if you really want this.
A second reason for using frameworks is that they put Python-related items in
only two places: "/Library/Framework/Python.framework" and
-"/Applications/MacPython 2.6". This simplifies matters for users installing
+"/Applications/MacPython m.n". This simplifies matters for users installing
Python from a binary distribution if they want to get rid of it again. Moreover,
due to the way frameworks work a user without admin privileges can install a
binary distribution in his or her home directory without recompilation.
@@ -75,40 +136,34 @@ PyObjC.
This directory contains a Makefile that will create a couple of python-related
applications (fullblown OSX .app applications, that is) in
-"/Applications/MacPython 2.6", and a hidden helper application Python.app
+"/Applications/MacPython m.n", and a hidden helper application Python.app
inside the Python.framework, and unix tools "python" and "pythonw" into
/usr/local/bin. In addition it has a target "installmacsubtree" that installs
the relevant portions of the Mac subtree into the Python.framework.
It is normally invoked indirectly through the main Makefile, as the last step
-in the sequence
-
- 1. ./configure --enable-framework
+in the sequence::
- 2. make
-
- 3. make install
+ $ ./configure --enable-framework
+ $ make
+ $ make install
This sequence will put the framework in /Library/Framework/Python.framework,
-the applications in "/Applications/MacPython 2.6" and the unix tools in
+the applications in "/Applications/MacPython m.n" and the unix tools in
/usr/local/bin.
+It is possible to select a different name for the framework using the configure
+option ``--with-framework-name=NAME``. This makes it possible to have several
+parallel installs of a Python framework.
+
Installing in another place, for instance $HOME/Library/Frameworks if you have
no admin privileges on your machine, has only been tested very lightly. This
can be done by configuring with --enable-framework=$HOME/Library/Frameworks.
-The other two directories, "/Applications/MacPython-2.6" and /usr/local/bin,
+The other two directories, "/Applications/MacPython-m.n" and /usr/local/bin,
will then also be deposited in $HOME. This is sub-optimal for the unix tools,
which you would want in $HOME/bin, but there is no easy way to fix this right
now.
-If you want to install some part, but not all, read the main Makefile. The
-frameworkinstall is composed of a couple of sub-targets that install the
-framework itself, the Mac subtree, the applications and the unix tools.
-
-There is an extra target frameworkinstallextras that is not part of the
-normal frameworkinstall which installs the Demo and Tools directories
-into "/Applications/MacPython 2.6", this is useful for binary distributions.
-
What do all these programs do?
===============================
@@ -123,6 +178,11 @@ GUI-things. Keep the "alt" key depressed while dragging or double-clicking a
script to set runtime options. These options can be set once and for all
through PythonLauncher's preferences dialog.
+"BuildApplet.app" creates an applet from a Python script. Drop the script on it
+and out comes a full-featured MacOS application. There is much more to this,
+to be supplied later. Some useful (but outdated) info can be found in
+Mac/Demo.
+
The commandline scripts /usr/local/bin/python and pythonw can be used to run
non-GUI and GUI python scripts from the command line, respectively.