How to compile on OS X PPC? was: Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.2

[Ned Deily]

In article <nad-61009A.17150922022011 at news.gmane.org>,
 Ned Deily <nad at acm.org> wrote:
> In article <4d640175$0$81482$e4fe514c at news.xs4all.nl>,
>  Irmen de Jong <irmen at -NOSPAM-xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > However, I'm having trouble compiling a framework build from source on 
> > Mac OS 10.5.8 on PowerPC.  No matter what I try (gcc 4.0, gcc 4.2, 
> > different compiler options), the compilation aborts with the following 
> > error:
> > 
> > Undefined symbols:
> >    "___fixdfdi", referenced from:
> >        _rlock_acquire in libpython3.2m.a(_threadmodule.o)
> >        _lock_PyThread_acquire_lock in libpython3.2m.a(_threadmodule.o)
> >    "___moddi3", referenced from:
> >        _PyThread_acquire_lock_timed in libpython3.2m.a(thread.o)
> >        _acquire_timed in libpython3.2m.a(_threadmodule.o)
> >    "___divdi3", referenced from:
> >        _PyThread_acquire_lock_timed in libpython3.2m.a(thread.o)
> >        _acquire_timed in libpython3.2m.a(_threadmodule.o)
> > ld: symbol(s) not found
> > /usr/bin/libtool: internal link edit command failed
> 
> Unfortunately, this is a variation of an old issue that hasn't yet been 
> fixed (http://bugs.python.org/issue1099).

UPDATE:  this problem has been fixed in the newly-release Python 3.2.1.  
On a 10.4 or 10.5 PPC machine, you should now be able to successfully 
build a PPC-only 3.2 framework with just:

./configure --enable-framework ; make

On 10.5, you may want to use:
 
./configure --enable-framework  MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5 ; make

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org