[Pythonmac-SIG] Python 2.6 eggs don't quite build as universal

[Ned Deily]

In article <5F990B9F-9853-4A15-B056-E3F957FF6D63 at virgin.net>,
 has <hengist.podd at virgin.net> wrote:
> In the process of putting py-appscript 0.19.0 eggs onto PyPI and  
> noticed that the installer-based Python 2.6 distribution off  
> python.org, like the Python 2.5 that ships with Leopard, seems to  
> build eggs as universal but marks their filenames as i386/ppc.  
> Questions:
> - I've uploaded an 'i386' egg for 2.6, but am still futzing around  
> trying to do a 'ppc' one on the assumption that python.org's Python  
> 2.6 on a PPC box will be looking for 'ppc' in the egg's filename  
> rather than 'fat'. Anyone with Python 2.6 + easy_install on a G4/G5  
> want to try 'easy_install appscript' and see what it does? (BTW, if  
> you email me the resulting .egg off-list I'll bung it onto PyPI.)

As you suspected, it doesn't find the i386 egg and builds from source 
instead.  ("it" == setuptools-0.6c9)
 
> (BTW, if you email me the resulting .egg off-list I'll bung it onto PyPI.)

Done.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org