[Python-Dev] Automatic installer builds (was Re: Fwd: Broken link to download (Mac OS X))

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Apr 14 21:21:40 CEST 2010


> (ISTM the same might be true should people ever decide to once again build a
> Solaris installer.  /opt/sfw is currently searched for Berkeley DB include
> files.)

And rightly so (likewise for Fink). Primarily, the script is there to
help people installing Python; packaging Python can be more difficult.

I guess ActiveState has solved the problem (probably by not populating
/opt/sfw on the Solaris machine that builds ActivePython).

Regards,
Martin


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