[pypy-dev] A few notes trying to compile pypy

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

Hi Kevin, thanks for the feedback!

Do you have maybe an idea how to improve the docs?

about libffi.h - Apple removed /usr/include and moved it somewhere
else, no clue where. I also don't have access to Mavericks so I can't
fix it.

On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Kevin Burke <kev at inburke.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> I was trying to compile pypy and made the following mistakes:
>
> - On this page: http://pypy.org/download.html I couldn't figure out whether
> I was supposed to run all three of these commands:
>
> pypy ../../rpython/bin/rpython -Ojit targetpypystandalone           # get
> the JIT version
> pypy ../../rpython/bin/rpython -O2 targetpypystandalone             # get
> the no-jit version
> pypy ../../rpython/bin/rpython -O2 --sandbox targetpypystandalone   # get
> the sandbox version
>
> or just one.
>
> - Once I got it installled I didn't realize there was an additional step
> after pypy-c was created.
>
> - I tried running python package.py -h and that didn't do what I expected
> (show help dialog)
>
> - I tried running package.py with the right options and it hung with this
> message (on both Mac and Centos):
>
> sll_os.ll_os_getenv(sPYPY_GENERATIONGC_NURSERY
>
> The only Google search results for this are an IRC channel from 2 years ago.
> It turned out I didn't want the Sandbox option, I think.
>
> - I tried compiling outside the sandbox and got this error:
>
> raise NoTTY("Cannot start the debugger when stdout is captured.")
>
> It turns out this is a red herring and the real error was way above that:
>
> error: ffi.h: No such file or directory
>
> It would be nice if these were more obvious.. of course I expect to run into
> issues but the errors could be more clear when they are.
>
> Continuing the install process now, will post updates here as I have them.
>
> I am happy to help try and fix these where I can, if you can point me in the
> right direction - I have a fair amount of experience working with new users
> at Twilio. I have also made exactly one commit to Pypy source code:
> https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/commits/665baf750859/ Pypy is a lovely
> project and I'd love to try and help make this process easier.
>
> Best,
> Kevin
>
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