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

[Christopher Barker]

Ned Deily wrote:
> Just for the record, I don't think this particular issue has anything 
> directly to do with either setuptools or python2.6.  IIUC, pyconfig.h is 
> needed for any packages (packaged with standard *distutils*) that 
> include any C extension modules.

They should only need it when you build the packages though, not when 
you run them.

>  From a quick glance at the py2app 
> code, it looks like, prior to r65, py2app did not copy pyconfig.h at 
> all.  That wouldn't lead to problems until you tried to install a C 
> extension module.

I built many py2app bundles with C extensions without any pyconfig.h 
file. I only had the issue when I packaged an app that made heavy (and I 
think in appropriate) use of setuptools. Granted, it's a big and complex 
app, so it could have been something else, but a simple C extension.

-Chris





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