[Pythonmac-SIG] Can't build 2.4.3 against X11 Tcl/Tk

[Bob Ippolito]

On Jun 16, 2006, at 9:40 AM, Kevin Walzer wrote:

> This is a new twist on an old problem.
>
> I'm trying to build a standard Unix version of Python (without
> - -enable-framework) and link it against an X11-based version of  
> Tcl/Tk.
> However, no matter what I do, it builds against the system-installed
> Tk/Aqua.
>
> Googling for some solutions to this problem has turned up lots of
> complaints about Python linking against an X11 version of Tk (usually
> Fink's). How far we've come! :-)
>
> Anyway, here are the flags I'm using to run the build:
>
> export CFLAGS="-arch ppc -arch i386 -isysroot
> /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.4
> - -I/usr/local/tcl-tk-unix/include"
>
> export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/tcl-tk-unix/lib"
>
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/python-unix --enable-threads
>
> I know it would be simple to use a Fink or DarwinPorts version of
> Python, but I want this version to link against the universal X11  
> build
> of Tcl/Tk I have installed.
>
> Any advice?

Edit setup.py, remove the "if platform == 'darwin':  
self.detect_tkinter_darwin..."

-bob