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

[Alex Gaynor]

Yup, if you run `xcode-select --install` everything fixes itself.

Alex


On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Taavi Burns <taavi.burns at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mavericks:
> $ sudo find / -type f -name \*ffi.h
>
> /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.8.sdk/usr/include/ffi/ffi.h
>
> /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.9.sdk/usr/include/ffi/ffi.h
> /Users/taavi/src/pypy/rpython/translator/c/src/libffi_msvc/ffi.h
> /usr/local/Cellar/libffi/3.0.13/lib/libffi-3.0.13/include/ffi.h
>
> Some quick googling indicates that yes, /usr/include moved into the
> platform SDK inside the XCode application. Sounds like one can restore
> it by installing the command-line tools (from
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19531262/cant-phpize-or-configure-an-extension-in-os-x-10-9-mavericks
> ):
> xcode-select --install
>
> Now I have a /usr/include again!
> $ ls /usr/include
> AssertMacros.h        cache.h …
>
> I haven't tried building pypy since the upgrade though.
>
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 4:25 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski <fijall at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kevin Burke | Twilio
> >> phone: 925.271.7005 | kev.inburke.com
> >>
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>
> --
> taa
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