[Pythonmac-SIG] libpython2.3.a?

[Bob Ippolito]

On Apr 19, 2004, at 3:56 PM, Lance E Sloan wrote:

> I'm using a Mac OS X 10.3.3 machine with the Apple-supplied Python 2.3  
> and the MacPython additions for Panther that are dated November 2003.   
> I'm trying to build mod_python 2.7.10.  I am hoping that I can build  
> and run it with the Apple-supplied versions of Python and Apache.
>
> After I ran mod_python's configure script, then ran make, I got this  
> error:
>
> cc:  
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
> python2.3/conf
> ig/libpython2.3.a: No such file or directory
>
> I've looked around my system and sure enough, I could not find that  
> library in any directory.  Is there a way to get that library without  
> building Python from source?

Nope!  mod_python for Apache 1.3.x isn't compatible with a  
multithreaded Python even if you could get it to compile+link.

You really ought to be upgrading to Apache 2.x and the latest  
mod_python, which is (in theory) compatible with the Apple-supplied  
2.3.0, but who knows if the build process is smart enough to use  
distutils instead of hardcoding the wrong compile/link options :)

-bob