[Python-Dev] Fwd: Broken link to download (Mac OS X)

[Michael Foord]

Whilst making Python easier to build on the Mac is certainly a worthy 
goal, the point of my post was to demonstrate (in reply to an email by 
Greg Ewing) *why* building a *full* Python from source was non-trivial. 
I personally only build Python from source to test changes to 
core-Python and am happy with the Python binary installers for the Mac - 
once they arrive. :-)

All the best,

Michael

On 15/04/2010 14:18, Ned Deily wrote:
> In article<4BC63599.5020005 at voidspace.org.uk>,
>   Michael Foord<fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>  wrote:
>    
>> A build on my machine produces output similar to:
>>
>>
>> Python build finished, but the necessary bits to build these modules
>> were not found:
>> _bsddb
>>      
> third-party (Sleepycat) library needed (see the installer script)
>
>    
>> dl
>>      
> only available for 32-bit
>
>    
>> gdbm
>>      
> third-party library needed (not supplied in the installer build)
>
>    
>> imageop
>>      
> only available for 32-bit (and removed in 3.x)
>
>    
>> linuxaudiodev      ossaudiodev
>>      
> neither supported on OS X
>
>    
>> readline
>>      
> requires either GNU readline lib (not included with OS X) or (with
> 2.6.5, trunk, or py3k) can now use OS X editline (libedit) replacement
> when targeting for 10.5 or 10.6 (add MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5 or
> 10.6 to ./configure arguments).
>
>    
>> spwd               sunaudiodev
>>      
> neither supported on OS X
>
>    
>> Failed to build these modules:
>> _tkinter
>>      
> currently only supported for 32-bit archs as there was no 64-bit (non-X)
> Tk on OS X prior to 10.6 and there are unresolved problems with the 10.6
> Apple-supplied Tk 8.5 and 2.6.x IDLE (Issue6864).
>
>    


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