[Pythonmac-SIG] distutils "unsupported operand type"

[Eli Stevens (WG.c)]

I'm trying to build Cheetah 0.9.18 (the template engine) on OSX 10.3 
with python 2.4.1 (a framework build).  I found other people having 
similar problems with Zope or PIL.

I get an error inside the distutils stuff that seems like it's tracing 
back to how python was built.  As best I can tell, it's looking for an 
OPT var inside of the Makefile (possibly the one at 
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/config/Makefile 

  ?).

The closest thing to a solution that I've seen was at:

http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about47446.html

But that's just an accurate assesment of what's wrong.  Has anyone else 
encountered this?  Am I just searching on the wrong terms?

Thanks,
Eli

Here's the command lines and stack traces:



~/Downloads/Cheetah-0.9.18>  python ./setup.py build

running build
running build_py
running build_ext
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "./setup.py", line 13, in ?
     SetupTools.run_setup( configurations )
   File "/Users/elis/Downloads/Cheetah-0.9.18/SetupTools.py", line 143, 
in run_setup
     apply(setup, (), kws)
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/core.py", 
line 149, in setup
     dist.run_commands()
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", 
line 946, in run_commands
     self.run_command(cmd)
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", 
line 966, in run_command
     cmd_obj.run()
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/build.py", 
line 112, in run
     self.run_command(cmd_name)
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/cmd.py", 
line 333, in run_command
     self.distribution.run_command(command)
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", 
line 966, in run_command
     cmd_obj.run()
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/build_ext.py", 
line 254, in run
     customize_compiler(self.compiler)
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/sysconfig.py", 
line 161, in customize_compiler
     cpp = cc + " -E"           # not always
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'NoneType' and 'str'

~/Downloads/Cheetah-0.9.18> export CPP=g++

~/Downloads/Cheetah-0.9.18>  python ./setup.py build

running build
running build_py
running build_ext
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "./setup.py", line 13, in ?
     SetupTools.run_setup( configurations )
   File "/Users/elis/Downloads/Cheetah-0.9.18/SetupTools.py", line 143, 
in run_setup
     apply(setup, (), kws)
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/core.py", 
line 149, in setup
     dist.run_commands()
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", 
line 946, in run_commands
     self.run_command(cmd)
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", 
line 966, in run_command
     cmd_obj.run()
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/build.py", 
line 112, in run
     self.run_command(cmd_name)
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/cmd.py", 
line 333, in run_command
     self.distribution.run_command(command)
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", 
line 966, in run_command
     cmd_obj.run()
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/command/build_ext.py", 
line 254, in run
     customize_compiler(self.compiler)
   File 
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/distutils/sysconfig.py", 
line 174, in customize_compiler
     cc_cmd = cc + ' ' + opt
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'NoneType' and 'str'