[Zope-dev] compiling Zope 2.4.1 on Mac OS 10.1

[Jens Vagelpohl]

mitchell,

since python 2.2 is not yet officially supported i stuck with 2.1. we 
haven't done any extensive testing using 2.2 yet and there might still be 
some side effects.

jens



On Monday, October 1, 2001, at 10:43 , Mitchell L Model wrote:
> <...>
>
> Wonderful!  Thanks!!  Great information.
>
> Having said that, and having spent a couple of hours experimenting, let 
> me try to clarify things a bit:
>
> 1.  Python 2.2a4 defaults to --with-dylib, so you don't need that when 
> making Python 2.2a4 as you did for 2.1.
>
> 2.  Likewise, you don't need to set OPT the way the 2.1 README says for 
> Mac OS 10.
>
> 3.  Similarly, the Python2.2a4 configure.in knows to add -flat_namespace 
> to Makefile.pre and therefore Makefile.
>
> 4.  Both 2.1 and 2.2a4 correctly specify -undefined suppress.
>
> So, whereas I did need to fix the Python 2.1 Makefile to build it, I didn'
> t need to fix the Python 2.2a4 Makefile to build it.  (I guess I didn't 
> try building Python 2.1 yesterday, or I would have realized the problem 
> wasn't in Zope, but in Python, as you discovered.)
>
> From my experience this evening, I'm surprised that fixing the Python 
> Makefile would allow you to compile Zope.  It turns out that the zope 
> configuration process uses the Makefile.pre.in installed in (typically) 
> /usr/local/lib/python2.{1,2}/config.  It also turns out that although 
> Python 2.2a4 correctly adds -flat_namespace to Makefile.pre and Makefile,
>  it doesn't add it to Makefile.pre.in!  So for both 2.1 and 2.2 I had to 
> add:
>
> 	LDSHARED=       $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -flat_namespace -undefined suppress
>
> to Makefile.pre.in, either in the Python src directory before doing 'make 
> install' or in the /usr/local/lib/python2.{1,2}/config after doing the 
> install.
>
> I'll report this problem to the Python developers.  Thanks for you hints 
> and your careful reading of the fink documentation on shared libraries.  
> (fink is a fabulous resource!)
>
> --
>     --- Mitchell