[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-677293 ] Can't build C ext on OS X with 'altinstall' python

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Bugs item #677293, was opened at 2003-01-30 07:15
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Category: Distutils
Group: Platform-specific
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Stuart Bishop (zenzen)
>Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Summary: Can't build C ext on OS X with 'altinstall' python

Initial Comment:
I think this is OS X specific, but I may be wrong. This also may be a fault of the build/installation scripts and not distutils.

After building python 2.3, and installing with 'make altinstall', I am unable to install packages with 'distutils'. gcc is being told to get stuff out of 'python', which doesn't exist (ie. the final component of the python interpreter's path is wrong).

gcc -bundle -bundle_loader /usr/local/stow/python-2.3/bin/python build/temp.darwin-6.3-Power_Macintosh-2.3/_PosixTimeZone.o -o build/lib.darwin-6.3-Power_Macintosh-2.3/_PosixTimeZone.so
ld: can't open: /usr/local/stow/python-2.3/bin/python (No such file or directory, errno = 2)
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
make: *** [build] Error 1

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>Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2003-02-25 14:19

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The problem is that the Makefile LDFLAGS specify the bundle loader (the hosting main program) as $(bindir)/$(PYTHON), which doesn't exist after an altinstall. I'll fix this to refer to the altbininstall filename, which should always exist.

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