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diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt b/Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt index f1beda0..9ac52d0 100644 --- a/Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt +++ b/Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.txt @@ -5,8 +5,15 @@ $ARCHITECTURES. Installation requires approximately $INSTALL_SIZE MB of disk space, ignore the message that it will take zero bytes. -You must install onto your current boot disk, even though the -installer does not enforce this, otherwise things will not work. +If you are attempting to install on an OS X 10.8 system, you may +see a message that Python can't be installed because it is from an +unidentified developer. This is because this Python installer +package is not yet compatible with the Gatekeeper security feature +introduced in OS X 10.8. To allow Python to be installed, you +can override the Gatekeeper policy for this install. In the Finder, +instead of double-clicking, control-click or right click the "Python" +installer package icon. Then select "Open using ... Installer" from +the contextual menu that appears. Python consists of the Python programming language interpreter, plus a set of programs to allow easy access to it for Mac users including @@ -16,10 +23,11 @@ Python programs. **** IMPORTANT **** -Before using IDLE or other programs using the tkinter graphical user -interface toolkit, visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ -for current information about supported and recommended versions -of Tcl/Tk for this version of Python and Mac OS X. +To use IDLE or other programs that use the tkinter graphical user +interface toolkit, you may need to install a third-party version of +the Tcl/Tk frameworks. Visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/ +for current information about supported and recommended versions of +Tcl/Tk for this version of Python and of Mac OS X. ******************* @@ -32,5 +40,13 @@ optionally place links to the command-line tools in /usr/local/bin as well. Double-click on the "Update Shell Profile" command to add the "bin" directory inside the framework to your shell's search path. +You must install onto your current boot disk, even though the +installer does not enforce this, otherwise things will not work. + +You can verify the integrity of the disk image file containing the +installer package and this ReadMe file by comparing its md5 checksum +and size with the values published on the release page linked at +http://www.python.org/download/ + More information on Python in general can be found at http://www.python.org. |