From 5fb9c20f2a6c76279e16420255758855d6d98432 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ronald Oussoren Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 06:10:10 +0000 Subject: Updated documentation for the script that builds the OSX installer. --- Mac/BuildScript/README.txt | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt b/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt index c556de83..41df0e4 100644 --- a/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt +++ b/Mac/BuildScript/README.txt @@ -8,15 +8,47 @@ $DESTROOT, massages that installation to remove .pyc files and such, creates an Installer package from the installation plus other files in ``resources`` and ``scripts`` and placed that on a ``.dmg`` disk image. -Here are the steps you ned to follow to build a MacPython installer: +Prerequisites +------------- -- Run ``./build-installer.py``. Optionally you can pass a number of arguments - to specify locations of various files. Please see the top of +* A MacOS X 10.4 (or later) + +* XCode 2.2 (or later), with the universal SDK + +* No Fink (in ``/sw``) or DarwinPorts (in ``/opt/local``), those could + interfere with the build. + +* The documentation for the release must be available on python.org + because it is included in the installer. + + +The Recipe +---------- + +Here are the steps you need to follow to build a MacPython installer: + +* Run ``./build-installer.py``. Optionally you can pass a number of arguments + to specify locations of various files. Please see the top of ``build-installer.py`` for its usage. -- When done the script will tell you where the DMG image is. -The script needs to be run on Mac OS X 10.4 with Xcode 2.2 or later and -the 10.4u SDK. + Running this script takes some time, I will not only build Python itself + but also some 3th-party libraries that are needed for extensions. + +* When done the script will tell you where the DMG image is (by default + somewhere in ``/tmp/_py``). + +Testing +------- + +The resulting binaries should work on MacOSX 10.3.9 or later. I usually run +the installer on a 10.3.9, a 10.4.x PPC and a 10.4.x Intel system and then +run the testsuite to make sure. + + +Announcements +------------- + +(This is mostly of historic interest) When all is done, announcements can be posted to at least the following places: -- cgit v0.12