[Pythonmac-SIG] Step-by-step howto for testing new Mach{ho}Python architecture

tmk lists@netelligent.biz
Mon, 5 Aug 2002 11:50:14 +0200


On Sunday, August 4, 2002, at 10:50 PM, Jack Jansen wrote:

>
> On zondag, augustus 4, 2002, at 12:48 , Tony McDonald wrote:
>> % 
>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python 
>> setup.py
>> build
>> % 
>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin/python 
>> setup.py
>> install
>
> Someone already mentioned "make installunixprograms" in the 
> Mac/OSX/Makefile, which will allow you to type "python" in stead 
> of the 70-character full path.
>
> Question to everyone: should I add the "make installunixprograms" 
> to the "make osxapps" of the main Makefile? I'm a bit reluctant to 
> do so, as people may want to keep the unix tools point to a 
> non-framework Python (for instance if Apple ships Python with 
> Jaguar).
>
> Hmm, how about the following three targets (and getting rid of 
> "make osxapps") in the main Makefile:
> make frameworkinstall - does what it does now
> make frameworkinstallapps - does what osxapps does now
> make frameworkinstallunixtools - does "make installunixprograms" 
> in the Mac/OSX Makefile.
>
> Comments?
> [snip]

Seems like a reasonable idea.

= tmk=