[Pythonmac-SIG] How to build Python 2.5 to support 64-bits on Mac OS X 10.4

[Bill Northcott]

On 01/02/2007, at 10:00 PM, Dr. Harold Walter Schranz wrote:
> While the configure runs ... the make eventually fails with:
>
> /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/ 
> CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/fp.h: 
> 1338: error: 'SIGDIGLEN' undeclared here (not in a function)
> make: *** [Python/mactoolboxglue.o] Error 1

Your build is failing because it is trying to use Carbon which is 32  
bit only.  You either have to build without any GUI items which  
should work or with rather more effort, you could probably build an X- 
windows UNIX style 64bit build.  That would need 64 bit Xwindows  
which is not supplied but can be built from the sources.  I have not  
done it but I know some one who has.  There may even be a binary  
around somewhere.  Since X communicates with its server via a network  
socket one might get away with only some 64 bit libraries, but I am  
not an expert on X.

Is it really worth all the hassle when Leopard is going to be out in  
a few months??

Bill Northcott