[Pythonmac-SIG] Building 2.4

[Samuel M.Smith]

On Dec 2, 2004, at 08:11, Bob Ippolito wrote:

> On Dec 2, 2004, at 10:00, Samuel M.Smith wrote:
>
>> Would anyone care to post step by step instructions for building a  
>> framework version of Python 2.4
>> that will peacefully cohabitate with the built in OS X Python 2.3.
>>
>> Does it build out of the box from the source?
>
> Patch your config/Makefile of your existing Python 2.3.0 installation  
> (see a recent email of mine on the subject)
> Fetch 2.4 sources
>

Is this the patch you mean?

> The correct linker settings are not adopted by any mainline version of  
> Python 2.3.  I had thought they were in 2.3.4, but they're not.  Only  
> Python 2.4 builds correctly by default.  Also, Apple's build of Python  
> 2.3.3 in the WWDC 2004 preview  
> <http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/WWDC2004/python-11/>  
> adopts a similar method to this patch, but slightly modified so that  
> it does not depend on MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET being set:
>
> (this is what a good  
> /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/ 
> python2.3/config/Makefile should look like, starting on or around line  
> 98)
>
> LDSHARED=   env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle  
> -undefined dynamic_lookup
> BLDSHARED=  env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle  
> -undefined dynamic_lookup
>

Sam