[Pythonmac-SIG] py2app error with /usr/bin/strip

[Bob Ippolito]

When you see an error like that, it means there's a bug in macholib
that caused it to produce a bogus file. Turning strip off doesn't
really fix anything...

-bob

On 2/5/07, altern <altern2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi again
>
> I solved the problem by doing
> $ python setup.py py2app --no-strip
>
> I read this about strip
> --strip (-S)            strip debug and local symbols from output (on by
>                          default, for compatibility)
>
> could anyone explain a bit more about what this is? or maybe point to
> somewhere i can read about it. I am interested because last time i used
> this machine i did not need to use this (only use it every now and then
> for testing on OSX), so I am trying to find out what is the difference
> from last time.
>
> thanks
>
> enrike
>
>
> altern wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am getting this error when trying to use py2app.
> >
> > $ py2applet --make-setup glut_opengl.py
> > $ python setup.py py2app
> > ...
> > ...
> > stripping bz2.so
> > stripping zlib.so
> > stripping _codecs_tw.so
> > stripping umath.so
> > stripping binascii.so
> > /usr/bin/strip: for architecture i386 object:
> > /Users/xxx/ixi/python/dist/glut_opengl.app/Contents/MacOS/python
> > malformed object (unknown flavor for flavor number 0 in LC_UNIXTHREAD
> > command 13 can't byte swap it)
> > /usr/bin/strip: for architecture i386 object:
> > /Users/xxx/ixi/python/dist/glut_opengl.app/Contents/MacOS/glut_opengl
> > malformed object (unknown flavor for flavor number 0 in LC_UNIXTHREAD
> > command 10 can't byte swap it)
> > stripping saved 8991796 bytes (7898608 / 16890404)
> >
> >
> > I also tried with
> > $ python setup.py py2app --prefer-ppc
> > but i got the same error. Because of the '/usr/bin/strip: for
> > architecture i386 object' I thought it might be a problem with my
> > processor, note that I am working on an old G3 ppc ibook, I am running
> > OS 10.4.8 and python 2.4.4, Py2app version is 0.3.5 .
> >
> > Later I tried with another script, one that does not use pyOpengl, same
> > error again.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > enrike
> >
>
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