[Pythonmac-SIG] Optional BSD package is required for (useable) Python?

[Glenn Andreas]

>  > I really don't think it's a big deal to simply tell the naive users who
>>  go out of their way to deselect the BSD layer that they screwed up and
>>  now they have to install it if they want to use your software.  It's
>>  not that hard to determine the presence of the BSD layer.
>
>So why can't packaged apps use the bundle Python too?  From some of
>the other emails I got the idea that Python was unusable without the
>BSD layer installed,

There is no "bundle Python" without the BSD layer (so I have no idea 
how the fax cover sheet or PDF workflow could work without it).

lsbom MacOSX10.3.pkg/Contents/Archive.bom | grep python
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework 
40775   0/80
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Headers 
120775  0/80    24      2473506787      Versions/Current/Headers
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Python 
120775  0/80    23      914784009       Versions/Current/Python
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions 
40775   0/80
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3 
40775   0/80
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Headers 
120775  0/80    17      385844800       include/python2.3
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/Python 
100775  0/80    89832   1576120760
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include 
40775   0/80
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/python2.3 
40775   0/80
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/python2.3/Python.h 
100664  0/80    3927    1440136318
[more header files]
./Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.3.0.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current 
120775  0/80    3       541161345       2.3

All that is installed with the base 10.3 is the Python.Framework 
directory structure, and the "current" headers/shared library.

lsbom BSD.pkg/Contents/Archive.bom | grep /bin/python
./System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/bin/python 
100755  0/0     22100   1168592703
./System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/bin/python2.3 
100755  0/0     22100   1168592703
./usr/bin/python        120755  0/0     9       674368981       python2.3
./usr/bin/python2.3     120755  0/0     72      704285156 
../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/bin/python
./usr/bin/pythonw       120755  0/0     10      14599298        pythonw2.3
./usr/bin/pythonw2.3    100755  0/0     122     3516629244

It's the BSD pkg that installs the python that lives inside the 
framework, and then links /usr/bin/python to /usr/bin/python2.3 (and 
then that to the one that lives in the framework).  (The BSD.pkg also 
installs all the .py and .pyc files found in 
Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3, etc...)


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Glenn Andreas                      gandreas at gandreas.com 
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