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@@ -300,8 +300,8 @@ SunOS 4.x: When using the SunPro C compiler, you may want to use the '-Xa' option instead of '-Xc', to enable some needed non-ANSI Sunisms. -NeXT: To build fat binaries, use the --with-next-archs switch - described below. +NeXT: Not supported anymore. Start with the MacOSX/Darwin code if you + want to revive it. QNX: Chris Herborth (chrish@qnx.com) writes: configure works best if you use GNU bash; a port is available on @@ -386,16 +386,22 @@ Reliant UNIX: The thread support does not compile on Reliant UNIX, and platform as well. This should be resolved in time for a future release. -Mac OS X 10.0: Run configure with "OPT='-no-cpp-precomp' ./configure - --with-suffix=.exe --with-dyld". This generates executable - file: 'python.exe' (it cannot be named 'python' on an HFS or - HFS+ disk as the file name clashes with directory 'Python'). - The '-no-cpp-precomp' option prevents a large number of - compilation warnings. One of the regular expression tests - fails with a SEGV due to the small stack size used by default - (how to change this?), and the test_largefile test is only - expected to work on a Unix UFS filesystem (how to check for - this on Mac OS X?). +Mac OS X 10.0: Run configure with "./configure --with-suffix=.exe". + This generates executable file: 'python.exe' (it cannot be named + 'python' on an HFS or HFS+ disk as the file name clashes with + directory 'Python'). One of the regular expression tests fails + with a SEGV due to the small stack size used by default (how to + change this?), and the test_largefile test is only expected to + work on a Unix UFS filesystem (how to check for this on Mac OS + X?). + On naked Darwin you may have to add the configure option + "--without-toolbox-glue" to disable the glue code for the Carbon + interface modules. (The modules themselves are currently not built + by default as they are experimental, on real OSX you can enable them + in setup.py). + You may want to try the configure option "--enable-framework" which + installs Python as a framework. The location can be set as argument + to the --enable-framework option (default /Library/Frameworks). Cygwin: Cygwin Python builds OOTB when configured as follows: @@ -618,6 +624,11 @@ Emacs found in Misc/python-mode.el. (But then again, more recent versions of Emacs may already have it.) Follow the instructions that came with Emacs for installation of site-specific files. +On Mac OS X, 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. + Configuration options and variables ----------------------------------- @@ -701,11 +712,6 @@ Modules/getpath.o. --with-libc=-lc_s. These libraries are passed after all other libraries, the C library last. ---with-next-archs='arch1 arch2': Under NEXTSTEP, this will build - all compiled binaries with the architectures listed. This will - also correctly set the target architecture-specific resource - directory. (This option is not supported on other platforms.) - --with-libs='libs': Add 'libs' to the LIBS that the python interpreter is linked against. |