[XML-SIG] 4suite build troubles

[Mike Olson]

Just van Rossum wrote:
> 
> Actually, I wasn't seeing compile errors... The problems currently are:
> 
> 1. link errors
>    I have no clue how to fix this or what I'm doing wrong. Has anyone
>    else ever built 4Suite successfully on the Mac?

I miss spoke, these should go away if you use the beta version.

> 
> 2. strdup()
>    If strdup() is unavoidable, maybe it's an idea to offer a mystrdup.{ch},
>    and specify a macro in setup.py.
> 
> 3. misc portability issues in setup.py
>  - glob.glob("a/b/c/*.py") is not portable. Maybe you should look
>    into glob.glob1(dir, pat).
>  - The path '.' is not portable. You should use os.curdir instead.

We will try and fix two and three before the final release but I won't
be able to get to it today.  You had said you had work arounds for these
though.

Mike

> 
> Just

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