[XML-SIG] PyXML on Mac OSX 10.2 build error

[Paul Tremblay]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:58:12PM -0400, Gary Robinson wrote:
> Cc: 
> 
> > -------
> > # python setup.py build
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "setup.py", line 58, in ?
> >   if sys.platform[:6] == "darwin" and \
> > distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var("LDSHARED").find("-flat_namespace") == -1:
> > NameError: name 'distutils' is not defined
> > -------
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Yes -- I had the same trouble.
> 
> Edit setup.py so that line 58 and onward looks like:
>           
> if sys.platform[:6] == "darwin" and \
>        get_config_vars("LDSHARED")[0].find("-flat_namespace") == -1:
>         # Mac OS X 
>      LDFLAGS.append('-flat_namespace')
> 

> 

I also had the same troubles a few days ago, and have meant to post to
this list.

I solved it by adding 

import distutils

To the top of the setup.py

Paul

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