[Distutils] static libs, unixccompiler.py, darwin

[Mark W. Alexander]

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> Thomas Heller wrote:
> > 
> > From: "Just van Rossum" <just@letterror.com>
> > > +
> > > +     if sys.platform.startswith("darwin"):
> > > +         executables['ranlib'] = ["ranlib"]
> > 
> > Also looks harmless to me, although I would prefer
> > something *not* using string methods, so that compatibility
> > to 1.5.2 is retained (does anyone care besides myself?).
> 
> I do and since many people are still using 1.5.2 we should keep
> distutils 1.5.2-safe for at least a few more rounds.

Ditto. I've got some HP's that are being "deprecated", so I don't want
to fight getting python 2 packaged and rolled out. I'm just now
getting 2 to my Solaris boxes because of all the dependencies I've
got. Based on my experience, 1.5.2 is going to be around a while on
non-linux platforms.

mwa