[Pythonmac-SIG] py2app DistUtilsPlatformError[Sec=Unclassified]

[Christopher Barker]

Ned Deily wrote:
>> It's not included in the .dmg for Python 2.6.
> 
> Now I'm really confused :=)  I've just installed from the final 
> python.org 2.6, 2.6.1, and 2.6.2 install.dmgs and, for me, each one 
> installed what appears to be an appropriate file.  For example:

Well, I'm not using 2.6 yet, but with 2.5, my problem was that py2app 
didn't copy pyconfig.h into the bundle, and that I gues setuptools was 
looking for it.

The core problem is two-fold:

1) setuptools does all sorts of nifty stuff that really make no sense in 
a bundled application, but I don't think there are any hooks in it to 
disable or grcefuly fail  when bundled -- hmmm, maybe that's an idea for 
a patch, though honestly, I'll never get around to it!

Also, I don't think a lot of this should be done at run time at all -- 
checking if the installed package version is correct, for instance, but 
that's how a lot of folks use setuptools.

2) py2app is not setuptools aware at all. Unfortunately, it seems the 
way to make it aware is kind of to punt: if there is an egg involved, 
copy the whole darn thing in, 'cause there is no way to know what's 
really needed!


> -rw-rw-r--  1 root  admin  30696 Apr 16 00:29 
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/include/python2.6/pycon
> fig.h

By the way, I'm not using 2.6, but I have installed it, and I have 
pyconfig.h also, so I'm not sure what the OP's issue was.

-Chris


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