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Both the Makefile and the script that is used on OSX to create the binary installer refer to the directory containing the Makefile using the name 'config'. This name was changed with the new ABI (with default build flags it is now named config-3.2m). This patch ensures that both files use the correct name. The build-installer.py script contains one other change: it now tests for the Tcl/Tk framework version by looking at the 'Current' symlink in the framework instead of runnning a script. This makes it possible to verify the version that is in the SDK that's used during the build instead of the version that is installed on the system. |
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README.txt
Building a MacPython distribution ================================= The ``build-install.py`` script creates MacPython distributions, including sleepycat db4, sqlite3 and readline support. It builds a complete framework-based Python out-of-tree, installs it in a funny place with $DESTROOT, massages that installation to remove .pyc files and such, creates an Installer package from the installation plus other files in ``resources`` and ``scripts`` and placed that on a ``.dmg`` disk image. Prerequisites ------------- * A MacOS X 10.4 (or later) * XCode 2.2 (or later), with the universal SDK * No Fink (in ``/sw``) or DarwinPorts (in ``/opt/local``), those could interfere with the build. * The documentation for the release must be available on python.org because it is included in the installer. The Recipe ---------- Here are the steps you need to follow to build a MacPython installer: * Run ``./build-installer.py``. Optionally you can pass a number of arguments to specify locations of various files. Please see the top of ``build-installer.py`` for its usage. Running this script takes some time, I will not only build Python itself but also some 3th-party libraries that are needed for extensions. * When done the script will tell you where the DMG image is (by default somewhere in ``/tmp/_py``). Building a 4-way universal installer .................................... It is also possible to build a 4-way universal installer that runs on OSX Leopard or later:: $ ./build-installer.py --dep-target=10.5 --universal-archs=all --sdk=/ This requires that the deployment target is 10.5 (or later), and hence also that your building on at least OSX 10.5. Testing ------- The resulting binaries should work on MacOSX 10.3.9 or later. I usually run the installer on a 10.3.9, a 10.4.x PPC and a 10.4.x Intel system and then run the testsuite to make sure. Announcements ------------- (This is mostly of historic interest) When all is done, announcements can be posted to at least the following places: - pythonmac-sig@python.org - python-dev@python.org - python-announce@python.org - archivist@info-mac.org - adcnews@apple.com - news@macnn.com - http://www.macupdate.com - http://guide.apple.com/usindex.lasso - http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/submit - http://www.versiontracker.com/ (userid Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com) - http://www.macshareware.net (userid jackjansen) Also, check out Stephan Deibels http://pythonology.org/market contact list