[Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython build issue

[Bob Ippolito]

On Feb 3, 2006, at 4:39 PM, Bill Northcott wrote:

> On 04/02/2006, at 11:28 AM, Christopher Barker wrote:
>> I'm a bit confused where the problem is here. I've just installed
>> OS-X 10.4, and I'm trying to decide where to go with my python
>> version. I was planning on going all 10.4, rather than using a
>> python framework built for 10.3. However, I need wxPython, so I'm
>> interested in this thread.
>>
>> Bill Northcott wrote:
>>> I have been trying to build wxPython on Tiger (10.4.4 gcc--3.3/g77)
>>> with some difficulty, which may just be me being dense.
>>
>> Is this only a problem with gcc 3.3? What about gcc 4.0? Why are
>> you building with 3.3 on OS-X 10.4?
>>
>> Or should I just stick with the older python build and use Robin's
>> binaries?
>
> MacOS X 10.4 Tiger includes Python 2.3.5 and wxPython.
>
> The issue only arises using Python 2.4.x on Tiger.  It does not arise
> with Python 2.3.x on Tiger or Python 2.4.x on Panther (MacOS 10.3.x)

On top of that, it should only happen if you're using a Python 2.4.x  
build on Tiger that was compiled on Panther.

This is exactly what TigerPython24Fix is for:
http://undefined.org/python/#TigerPython24Fix

-bob