[Pythonmac-SIG] wxPython build issue

[Bob Ippolito]

On Feb 3, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Kevin Ollivier wrote:

> On Feb 3, 2006, at 5:29 PM, Bill Northcott wrote:
>
>> On 04/02/2006, at 12:00 PM, Bob Ippolito wrote:
>>> This is exactly what TigerPython24Fix is for:
>>> http://undefined.org/python/#TigerPython24Fix
>>
>> As far as I can see this patch is a work around for the binary
>> package on Bob's web site.  Kevin and I are trying to fix the source
>> code.  so things build correctly without user level patching.
>
> Actually, if Python can get along without having _POSIX_C_SOURCE  
> defined, then removing that define from Python itself is a very  
> good idea. However, you're right that it only solves the immediate  
> problem, still leaving the problem that wx cannot be built when  
> _POSIX_C_SOURCE is defined.

Mac OS X applications can not be built with _POSIX_C_SOURCE is  
defined, period (pure Darwin stuff doesn't count, obviously).

This is an Apple bug, not a wxPython bug... unless wxPython goes out  
of its way to make that #define like Python does in this particular  
case.

-bob