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| author | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-10-14 12:35:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-10-14 12:35:28 (GMT) |
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Update build docs for macOS (GH-16771)
(cherry picked from commit 19d6842c15c145f65178f806048ac1a8ae7d05f6)
Co-authored-by: Ned Deily <nad@python.org>
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@@ -62,18 +62,20 @@ On Unix, Linux, BSD, macOS, and Cygwin:: This will install Python as ``python3``. You can pass many options to the configure script; run ``./configure --help`` -to find out more. On macOS and Cygwin, the executable is called ``python.exe``; -elsewhere it's just ``python``. +to find out more. On macOS case-insensitive file systems and on Cygwin, +the executable is called ``python.exe``; elsewhere it's just ``python``. -If you are running on macOS with the latest updates installed, make sure to install -OpenSSL or some other SSL software along with Homebrew or another package manager. -If issues persist, see https://devguide.python.org/setup/#macos-and-os-x for more -information. +Building a complete Python installation requires the use of various +additional third-party libraries, depending on your build platform and +configure options. Not all standard library modules are buildable or +useable on all platforms. Refer to the +`Install dependencies <https://devguide.python.org/setup/#install-dependencies>`_ +section of the `Developer Guide`_ for current detailed information on +dependencies for various Linux distributions and macOS. -On macOS, if you have configured Python with ``--enable-framework``, you -should use ``make frameworkinstall`` to do the installation. Note that this -installs the Python executable in a place that is not normally on your PATH, -you may want to set up a symlink in ``/usr/local/bin``. +On macOS, there are additional configure and build options related +to macOS framework and universal builds. Refer to `Mac/README.rst +<https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Mac/README.rst>`_. On Windows, see `PCbuild/readme.txt <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/PCbuild/readme.txt>`_. @@ -96,7 +98,6 @@ Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) and may be used to auto-enable Link Time Optimization (LTO) on some platforms. For more details, see the sections below. - Profile Guided Optimization ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |