From 8449f6b95e35d98441515e4a54ccdca16d97bdc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 18:13:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update build notes for Mac OS X 10.0. This closes SF bug #416530. --- README | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 18e8230a59c..ba8fe871fef 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -386,16 +386,16 @@ Reliant UNIX: The thread support does not compile on Reliant UNIX, and platform as well. This should be resolved in time for a future release. -Mac OS X: You need to add the "-traditional-cpp" option to the - compiler command line for the Mac OS X Public Beta. This is - appearantly a bug in the default pre-processor, and is - expected not to be a problem with future versions. Run - configure with "OPT='-g -traditional-cpp' ./configure - --with-suffix=.exe --with-dyld" to add this - option. One of the regular expression tests fails due to the - small stack size used by default (how to change this?), and - the test_largefile test is only expected to work on a Unix UFS - filesystem (how to check for this on Mac OS X?). +Mac OS X 10.0: Run configure with "OPT='-no-cpp-precomp' ./configure + --with-suffix=.exe --with-dyld". This generates executable + file: 'python.exe' (it cannot be named 'python' on an HFS or + HFS+ disk as the file name clashes with directory 'Python'). + The '-no-cpp-precomp' option prevents a large number of + compilation warnings. One of the regular expression tests + fails with a SEGV due to the small stack size used by default + (how to change this?), and the test_largefile test is only + expected to work on a Unix UFS filesystem (how to check for + this on Mac OS X?). Cygwin: Cygwin Python builds OOTB when configured as follows: