Whilst making Python easier to build on the Mac is certainly a worthy goal, the point of my post was to demonstrate (in reply to an email by Greg Ewing) *why* building a *full* Python from source was non-trivial. I personally only build Python from source to test changes to core-Python and am happy with the Python binary installers for the Mac - once they arrive. :-) All the best, Michael On 15/04/2010 14:18, Ned Deily wrote: > In article<4BC63599.5020005 at voidspace.org.uk>, > Michael Foord<fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote: > >> A build on my machine produces output similar to: >> >> >> Python build finished, but the necessary bits to build these modules >> were not found: >> _bsddb >> > third-party (Sleepycat) library needed (see the installer script) > > >> dl >> > only available for 32-bit > > >> gdbm >> > third-party library needed (not supplied in the installer build) > > >> imageop >> > only available for 32-bit (and removed in 3.x) > > >> linuxaudiodev ossaudiodev >> > neither supported on OS X > > >> readline >> > requires either GNU readline lib (not included with OS X) or (with > 2.6.5, trunk, or py3k) can now use OS X editline (libedit) replacement > when targeting for 10.5 or 10.6 (add MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5 or > 10.6 to ./configure arguments). > > >> spwd sunaudiodev >> > neither supported on OS X > > >> Failed to build these modules: >> _tkinter >> > currently only supported for 32-bit archs as there was no 64-bit (non-X) > Tk on OS X prior to 10.6 and there are unresolved problems with the 10.6 > Apple-supplied Tk 8.5 and 2.6.x IDLE (Issue6864). > > -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/
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