[Pythonmac-SIG] Help building an extension?

[Jack Jansen]

On vrijdag, maart 1, 2002, at 06:28 , Daniel T. wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to build the "Noddy" extension from the docs 
> <http://www.python.org/doc/current/ext/dnt-basics.html> but I 
> can't seem to get it to build.
>
> I got the .slb compiled and wrote the setup.py like it said to 
> do, then I option-drag the setup.py into the PythonInterpreter, 
> and put 'build' in the command line.
>
> Then a window pops up, where it looks like I should type 
> --verbose build?

You don't need to option-drag setup.py: On the Mac setup.py will 
present you with a (slightly) more mac-like dialog where you can 
fill out the command line. That's the second dialog you got. So 
just doubleclick setup.py and type (or select) "build" in the 
command line there.

> Then the windows comes up saying that it's building but it 
> never seems to finish.

At what step does it hang? Has it already fired up CodeWarrior? 
Maybe if you post the output in the setup.py window here that'll 
make things a bit clearer.

I do also so occasional hangs with distutils, where it doesn't 
seem to talk to CodeWarrior, but usually trying again cures it. 
I haven't yet looked into what could be causing this.
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