[Pythonmac-SIG] Python 2.3.4 Installation

[Bob Ippolito]

On Sep 27, 2004, at 12:01 AM, Samuel M.Smith wrote:

> There isn't much on the new 2.3.4 Mac Python. Does 2.3.4 fix the  
> problem where you couldn't have
> any framework version but the one that came with OSX (in this case 2.3  
> for Panther) ?.

Yes the problem is fixed, but it's still present in the version of  
2.3.0 that ships with 10.3.. so once you install any other framework  
build of 2.3 in the usual places, it will prevent any extension from  
linking correctly for 2.3.0.

It's possible to monkeypatch Python 2.3.0 so it's not broken in this  
regard, though.  Here's a diff:

---  
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/ 
config/Makefile      Sun Mar  7 22:33:33 2004
+++ /Users/bob/Makefile Sun Mar  7 22:32:16 2004
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@

  # Symbols used for using shared libraries
  SO=            .so
-LDSHARED=      $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle -framework $(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)
-BLDSHARED=     $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle -framework $(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)
+LDSHARED=      $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup
+BLDSHARED=     $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup
  DESTSHARED=    $(BINLIBDEST)/lib-dynload

  # Executable suffix (.exe on Windows and Mac OS X)

> Does the install
> from source replace 2.3?

No, it goes in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework with some symlinks  
in /usr/local/bin

> There were a lot of posts about problems building extensions and stuff  
> with
> a different version etc. Have those issues been resolved?

Same answer as the first question.

> More of a what is the current state of Python 2.3.4 framework on os x  
> 10.3.5?

Uh, it works fine?

-bob