[Pythonmac-SIG] Debuggers wanted for fixup script

[Bob Ippolito]

On Dec 26, 2004, at 6:15 PM, Jack Jansen wrote:

> I've added a script Mac/OSX/fixapplepython23.py to the CVS repository, 
> only to the trunk for now, that will inspect and fix the 
> Apple-installed Python 2.3 as per what we discussed here (making 
> extensions build in a way that works, even if newer Pythons are 
> installed).
>
> I'd like it if people could test the script, and test whether they see 
> the warning (you need to run this script) if they do a framework 
> install of 2.5a0 if their apple-python needs patching.
>
> Also, if people could run this on OSX 10.2 and 10.4, just to see that 
> it doesn't cause any problems there, would be nice.
>
> The script does all sorts of error-checking (which hasn't been tested 
> yet, of course:-), and I'm actually thinking of having the 
> patch-installer (also discussed previously, this is a .pkg installer 
> that will fix Apple-installed Python for people not building from 
> source) also simply run this script, in stead of bluntly installing a 
> modified copy of lib/config/Makefile. Opinions on this?

Bluntly installing the Makefile will only be a problem if the user has 
an incorrect version of Mac OS X.  The installer should check the 
version of the OS to be exactly 10.3.x as a precondition.  This check 
can be done entirely in the Info.plist using functionality introduced 
in the Mac OS X 10.3 installer.  There is no reason to have a script 
that does this, and error checking doesn't sound very useful as it will 
probably report "false positives" for people who have modified the 
Makefile in a similar but weaker or even mildly incorrect manner, but 
would still benefit from having the "officially patched" version.

-bob