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authorRonald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren@mac.com>2009-12-24 14:03:19 (GMT)
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svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r77031 | ronald.oussoren | 2009-12-24 14:30:58 +0100 (Thu, 24 Dec 2009) | 15 lines Issue #6834: replace the implementation for the 'python' and 'pythonw' executables on OSX. The previous implementation used execv(2) to run the real interpreter, which means that you cannot use the arch(1) tool to select the architecture you want to use for a universal build because that only affects the python/pythonw wrapper and not the actual interpreter. The new version uses posix_spawnv with a number of OSX-specific options that ensure that the real interpreter is started using the same CPU architecture as the wrapper, and that means that 'arch -ppc python' now actually works. I've also changed the way that the wrapper looks for the framework: it is now linked to the framework rather than hardcoding the framework path. This should make it easier to provide pythonw support in tools like virtualenv. ........
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@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ What's New in Python 3.2 Alpha 1?
Core and Builtins
-----------------
+- Issue #6834: replace the implementation for the 'python' and 'pythonw'
+ executables on OSX.
+
+ These executables now work properly with the arch(1) command:
+ ``arch -ppc python`` will start a universal binary version of python
+ in PPC mode (unlike previous releases).
+
- Issue #7466: segmentation fault when the garbage collector is called
in the middle of populating a tuple. Patch by Florent Xicluna.