[New-bugs-announce] [issue5514] Darwin framework libpython3.0.a is not a normal static library

[Jack Howarth]

New submission from Jack Howarth <howarth at bromo.med.uc.edu>:

The libpython3.0.a created for Python 3.0.1 isn't a normal static 
library.

file 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.0/lib/python3.0/c
onfig/libpython3.0.a
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.0/lib/python3.0/c
onfig/libpython3.0.a: Mach-O universal binary with 3 architectures
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.0/lib/python3.0/c
onfig/libpython3.0.a (for architecture x86_64):	Mach-O 64-bit 
dynamically linked shared library x86_64
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.0/lib/python3.0/c
onfig/libpython3.0.a (for architecture i386):	Mach-O dynamically 
linked shared library i386
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.0/lib/python3.0/c
onfig/libpython3.0.a (for architecture ppc7400):	Mach-O 
dynamically linked shared library ppc

Due to a bug in Darwin's ar, extraction the object files in this 
abnormal static libraries has been possible with 'ar x'. This bug in ar 
will be fixed in the next Xcode and the abnormal static library that 
python creates will no longer be able to serve as a substitute for a 
true static library. The libpython#.#.#.a files in config should be made 
into normal static libraries for all the currently supported versions of 
python when built as frameworks.

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components: Macintosh
messages: 83792
nosy: jhowarth
severity: normal
status: open
title: Darwin framework libpython3.0.a is not a normal static library
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.0

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