[Pythonmac-SIG] 2.5 -v- 2.6 conflicts on 10.5.x

[Christopher Barker]

kevin parks wrote:
> I am trying to compile an audio package that imbeds python. One issue is 
> that it apparently expect to find apple's built in python (i am on 
> 10.5.8 here no snowkitty yet) 

> I get:
> 
> Python 2.6.2 on Darwin (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6)
> 
> ok so that is no good. If i do the
> make clean
> make distclean
> ./configure --with-python=/usr/local/bin/python2.5
> make
> make install
> 
> or even
> ./configure --with-python=/usr/bin/python
> 
> 
> etc.... I *still* get:
> 
> 
> Python 2.6.2 on Darwin (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6)

the system python is in /System/Library/Frameworks/....

So you may want to put some version of that path into your --with-python 
configure flag. /usr/bin/python is a symlink.

> For those of you on 10.5 with the Apple and 2.6.x Python.... how do you 
> point to one or the
> other?

I think this really depends on how the configure script was written -- 
so I'd ask on that list. If it needs a particular version, it appears to 
be pretty poorly written! I don't know squat about autoconf, so I can't 
help there.

> And when you install 2.6 does it move stuff around or fiddle with 
> your frameworks
> or whatever?

no -- all it does is add it to your PATH.

So you MAY be able to simply remove 2.6 from your PATH, and then run 
configure again. If that doesn't work, I'd try renaming 
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6, and then trying again.

One question:

It seems you can compile and run it this way -- are you sure it doesn't 
work with 2.6?

HTH,

-Chris


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