[issue3393] `cd Mac && make installmacsubtree` fails on Mac OS X < 10.5 because of r63955

[Trent Mick]

New submission from Trent Mick <trentm at gmail.com>:

http://svn.python.org/view?rev=63955&view=rev
"MacOS X: Enable 4-way universal builds ..."

This revision made the following change to Mac/Makefile.in:
http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Mac/Makefile.in?rev=63955&view=diff&r1=63955&r2=63954&p1=python/trunk/Mac/Makefile.in&p2=/python/trunk/Mac/Makefile.in

The last hunk (part of the "installmacsubtree" target) and a bit of the
preceding hunk uses `arch` with arguments:
---------------------------------
 install_BuildApplet:
-	$(RUNSHARED) $(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/scripts/BuildApplet.py \
+	$(RUNSHARED) arch -ppc -i386 $(BUILDPYTHON)
$(srcdir)/scripts/BuildApplet.py \
 		--destroot "$(DESTDIR)" \
-		--python $(INSTALLED_PYTHONAPP) \
+	
--python=$(prefix)/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)`test
-f
"$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-32"
&& echo "-32"`  \
 		--output "$(DESTDIR)$(PYTHONAPPSDIR)/Build Applet.app" \
 		$(srcdir)/scripts/BuildApplet.py
 
@@ -225,7 +279,7 @@
 	done
 
 
-	$(RUNSHARED) $(BUILDPYTHON) $(CACHERSRC) -v $(DESTDIR)$(MACLIBDEST)
$(DESTDIR)$(MACTOOLSDEST)
+	$(RUNSHARED) arch -ppc -i386 $(BUILDPYTHON) $(CACHERSRC) -v
$(DESTDIR)$(MACLIBDEST) $(DESTDIR)$(MACTOOLSDEST)
 	$(RUNSHARED) $(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(compileall) -d $(MACTOOLSDEST)
-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(MACTOOLSDEST)
 	$(RUNSHARED) $(BUILDPYTHON) -O -Wi -tt $(compileall) -d
$(MACTOOLSDEST) -x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(MACTOOLSDEST)
---------------------------------

That form of calling `arch` is only supported on Mac OS X 10.5
(Leopard), I believe.

----------------------------------
$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.4.11
BuildVersion:   8S2167
$ man arch | cat

ARCH(1)                   BSD General Commands Manual                 
ARCH(1)

NAME
     arch -- print architecture type

SYNOPSIS
     arch

DESCRIPTION
     The arch command displays the machine's architecture type.

SEE ALSO
     machine(1)

Mac OS                          August 20, 1997                        
Mac OS
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Here is the current man page for arch (I had to look to try to see what
Ronald was trying to do with the Makefile change) :)
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/arch.1.html

I don't fully understand why the "arch -ppc -i386" is necessary for
"$(BUILDPYTHON)".


I'm not sure what the easiest solution to this would be... or if
supporting "make frameworkinstallframework" (which eventually calls this
target) on Mac OS X <10.5 is considered important enough.

Perhaps a new 
  RUNARCH=@RUNARCH@
could be added to Mac/Makefile.in with the associated configure support
to have that be blank unless `--with-universal-archs=all` was specified?

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components: Build
messages: 69890
nosy: ronaldoussoren, trentm
severity: normal
status: open
title: `cd Mac && make installmacsubtree` fails on Mac OS X < 10.5 because of r63955
type: compile error
versions: Python 2.6

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