[Pythonmac-SIG] How-To upgrade Apples python installation in Mac OS X 10.3 from python 2.3 to 2.4

[Bob Ippolito]

On Dec 8, 2004, at 8:52 PM, Christian Meesters wrote:

> Well, I followed Robert's instructions and it failed. I then tried to 
> install 'directly' and got the same error message.
> Guess I must admit that I simply have no clue how to solve this 
> problem.
>
> typing 'make' results in this:
> <snip>
> building 'waste' extension
> gcc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup 
> build/temp.darwin-7.6.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/wastemodule.o 
> build/temp.darwin-7.6.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/WEObjectHandlers.o 
> build/temp.darwin-7.6.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/WETabHooks.o 
> build/temp.darwin-7.6.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/WETabs.o -L../waste/Static 
> Libraries -L/usr/local/lib -lWASTE -o 
> build/lib.darwin-7.6.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/waste.so -framework Carbon
> ld: table of contents for archive: ../waste/Static 
> Libraries/libWASTE.a is out of date; rerun ranlib(1) (can't load from 
> it)
> running build_scripts
>
> Can anybody give me a hint on what to do here?

Yeah, do what it says:
ranlib ../waste/Static\ Libraries/libWASTE.a

-bob