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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] How to build Python 2.5 to support 64-bits on Mac OS X 10.4
by Bill Northcott Feb. 22, 2007

Feb. 22, 2007

On 01/02/2007, at 10:00 PM, Dr. Harold Walter Schranz wrote: > While the configure runs ... the make eventually fails with: > > /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/ > CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Headers/fp.h: > 1338: error: 'SIGDIGLEN' undeclared here (not in a function) > make: *** [Python/mactoolboxglue.o] Error 1 Your build is failing because it is trying to use Carbon which is 32 bit only. You either have to build without any GUI items which should work or with rather more effort, you could probably build an X- windows UNIX style 64bit build. That would need 64 bit Xwindows which is not supplied but can be built from the sources. I have not done it but I know some one who has. There may even be a binary around somewhere. Since X communicates with its server via a network socket one might get away with only some 64 bit libraries, but I am not an expert on X. Is it really worth all the hassle when Leopard is going to be out in a few months?? Bill Northcott

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appscript
by Christian Bird Feb. 22, 2007

Feb. 22, 2007

I just found out about appscript and am attempting to use it on my macbook pro (OS X 10.4.8 and python 2.4.3). I installed appscript, but the following is what I get when I try to test it out. Has anyone seen anything similar to this? Any ideas of what I may need to do to get it to work correctly. The same error appears regardless of which app I try to control (and yes, itunes is running when I tried this). Thanks for any help anyone can provide. Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jul 18 2006, 16:14:01) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from appscript import * >>> itunes = app('iTunes') >>> itunes app(u'/Applications/iTunes.app') >>> itunes.name Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/aeosa/appscript/reference.py", line 441, in __getattr__ selectorType, code = self.AS_appdata.referencebyname[name] File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/aeosa/appscript/reference.py", line 227, in <lambda> referencebyname = property(lambda self: self.connect().referencebyname) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/aeosa/appscript/reference.py", line 215, in connect self._terms = terminology.tablesforapp(self.target) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/aeosa/appscript/terminology.py", line 182, in tablesforapp _terminologyCache[app.AEM_identity] = tablesforaetedata(aetedataforapp(app)) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/aeosa/appscript/terminology.py", line 154, in aetedataforapp raise RuntimeError, "Can't get terminology for application (%r): %s" % (app, e) RuntimeError: Can't get terminology for application (aem.Application(u'/Applications/iTunes.app')): CommandError -600: no eligible process with specified descriptor >>> itunes.help() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/aeosa/appscript/reference.py", line 286, in help return self.AS_appdata.help(flags, self) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/aeosa/appscript/reference.py", line 246, in help helpObj = Help(terminology.aetedataforapp(self.target), self.identifier or 'Current Application') File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/aeosa/appscript/terminology.py", line 154, in aetedataforapp raise RuntimeError, "Can't get terminology for application (%r): %s" % (app, e) RuntimeError: Can't get terminology for application (aem.Application(u'/Applications/iTunes.app')): CommandError -600: no eligible process with specified descriptor >>> -- Chris -- Christian Bird cabird(a)gmail.com

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py2app producing extremely large file?
by Chuck Burns Feb. 16, 2007

Feb. 16, 2007

I currently ran py2app on some source I was given, and it generated a 40Meg file, whereas the py2exe windows executable was only around 8 or 9 megs.. what gives, and how can I shrink it down? python2.5 wxPython 2.8 py2app 0.3.5 Mac OS X 10.4.8

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py2app error with /usr/bin/strip
by altern Feb. 14, 2007

Feb. 14, 2007

Hi I am getting this error when trying to use py2app. $ py2applet --make-setup glut_opengl.py $ python setup.py py2app ... ... stripping bz2.so stripping zlib.so stripping _codecs_tw.so stripping umath.so stripping binascii.so /usr/bin/strip: for architecture i386 object: /Users/xxx/ixi/python/dist/glut_opengl.app/Contents/MacOS/python malformed object (unknown flavor for flavor number 0 in LC_UNIXTHREAD command 13 can't byte swap it) /usr/bin/strip: for architecture i386 object: /Users/xxx/ixi/python/dist/glut_opengl.app/Contents/MacOS/glut_opengl malformed object (unknown flavor for flavor number 0 in LC_UNIXTHREAD command 10 can't byte swap it) stripping saved 8991796 bytes (7898608 / 16890404) I also tried with $ python setup.py py2app --prefer-ppc but i got the same error. Because of the '/usr/bin/strip: for architecture i386 object' I thought it might be a problem with my processor, note that I am working on an old G3 ppc ibook, I am running OS 10.4.8 and python 2.4.4, Py2app version is 0.3.5 . Later I tried with another script, one that does not use pyOpengl, same error again. thanks enrike

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Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Python 2.5 and easy_install
by Hamish Allan Feb. 13, 2007

Feb. 13, 2007

Oops. Sorry to reply to my own post, but I have discovered that other packages (e.g. pylons and all its dependencies) are installed fine by easy_install. I should probably have paid more attention to the rest of the error message: "The package setup script has attempted to modify files on your system that are not within the EasyInstall build area, and has been aborted. This package cannot be safely installed by EasyInstall, and may not support alternate installation locations even if you run its setup script by hand. Please inform the package's author and the EasyInstall maintainers to find out if a fix or workaround is available." I guess I must have installed pyx by hand (using "python setup.py install") previously, as this works fine. Sorry to have bothered you! If anyone can explain why easy_install failed I would still be very interested to know. Best wishes, Hamish On Tue Feb 13 07:37:41 CET 2007, Hamish Allan wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed Python 2.5 on my Intel OS X machine, and it seems to > work fine. Now I need to go about installing the packages I had on > 2.4. I downloaded ez_setup.py and it installed easy_install. However, > when I run easy_install (the first one I tried was "easy_install pyx") > I get: > > [...] > Running PyX-0.9/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir > /tmp/easy_install-SNJlRm/PyX-0.9/egg-dist-tmp-p6tWhV > error: Setup script exited with error: SandboxViolation: > mkdir('/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/share',) {} > > If I create the directory manually, it fails at the next step: > > error: Setup script exited with error: SandboxViolation: > mkdir('/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/share/pyx',) > {} > > This was never a problem for 2.4 on my machine. Can I change something > to make it work? > > Thanks, > Hamish

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Python 2.5 and easy_install
by Hamish Allan Feb. 13, 2007

Feb. 13, 2007

Hi, I just installed Python 2.5 on my Intel OS X machine, and it seems to work fine. Now I need to go about installing the packages I had on 2.4. I downloaded ez_setup.py and it installed easy_install. However, when I run easy_install (the first one I tried was "easy_install pyx") I get: [...] Running PyX-0.9/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-SNJlRm/PyX-0.9/egg-dist-tmp-p6tWhV error: Setup script exited with error: SandboxViolation: mkdir('/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/share',) {} If I create the directory manually, it fails at the next step: error: Setup script exited with error: SandboxViolation: mkdir('/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/share/pyx',) {} This was never a problem for 2.4 on my machine. Can I change something to make it work? Thanks, Hamish

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Any decision about the pythonmac.org wiki?
by skip＠pobox.com Feb. 12, 2007

Feb. 12, 2007

Bob et al, A few of us continue to try and push back the teeming hordes of spammers who are wreaking havoc on the MacPython wiki. Are you back in the US somewhere? Any thoughts on a longer term solution? One thought I had was simply to migrate the current state (after checking and eliminating spam) to the regular Python wiki, renaming all pages to live under http://wiki.python.org/moin/MacPython in the process. The advantage of that is that maintenance of the wiki software proper is lifted off your shoulders. The disadvantage is a loss of some control (e.g. no fancy snake/apple icon). Would that work for you? Skip

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numpy in python 2.4 vs 2.5
by William Kyngesburye Feb. 10, 2007

Feb. 10, 2007

I'm trying to build a python extension that uses numpy. When I build with python 2.4.[whatever the last one was] and the current numpy 1.0.1 package, it succeeds with no problem. When I try python 2.5 and the matching numpy 1.0.1: building '_gdal' extension creating build/temp.macosx-10.3-fat-2.5 gcc -arch ppc -arch i386 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk - fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp -mno-fused-madd - fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -I../../port -I../../gcore - I../../alg -I../../ogr -I../../macosx/GDAL/gdal -I/Library/Frameworks/ Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/core/ include -I/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/ python2.5 -c gdal_wrap.cpp -o build/temp.macosx-10.3-fat-2.5/gdal_wrap.o gdal_wrap.cpp: In function 'int SWIG_Python_ConvertFunctionPtr (PyObject*, void**, swig_type_info*)': gdal_wrap.cpp:2051: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*'gdal_wrap.cpp: In function 'int SWIG_Python_ConvertFunctionPtr (PyObject*, void**, swig_type_info*)': gdal_wrap.cpp:2051: error: invalid conversion from 'const char*' to 'char*' any ideas? (and how do I get rid of the -g debug flag? I may have asked once upon a time and I'm probably stuck with it.) ----- William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos(a)kyngchaos.com> http://www.kyngchaos.com/ "We are at war with them. Neither in hatred nor revenge and with no particular pleasure I shall kill every ___ I can until the war is over. That is my duty." "Don't you even hate 'em?" "What good would it do if I did? If all the many millions of people of the allied nations devoted an entire year exclusively to hating the ____ it wouldn't kill one ___ nor shorten the war one day." <Ha, ha> "And it might give 'em all stomach ulcers." - Tarzan, on war

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bdist_mpkg problem
by Frederik De Bleser Feb. 9, 2007

Feb. 9, 2007

Hi, I'm trying to use bdist_mpkg to make installer packages for NodeBox libraries. It's pretty easy for standard configurations, however, I'd like to have an installer that doesn't need to have administrator authorization and that install to a custom location (~/Library/ Application Support/NodeBox). I found out that make_package accepts an info dict that overrides any settings, but make_scheme_package uses get_scheme_info that just returns an empty tuple. I also didn't discover how I could change my default ("root"?) scheme. I tried scheme_root, but that doesn't seem to do anything. I also tried custom schemes, but then I still get a default package with egg files that needs admin authorization. Also, the prefix gets a '/' appended to the beginning. Is there a way to edit the default/root scheme? I included my setup.py file. Also, I noticed that your bdist_mpkg doesn't work on Python 2.3 because you're using the built-in set type in utils.py; changing it to the Set class makes it compatible again. Could you consider the attached diff for util.py? It would make my distribution problems on a default Mac OS X 10.4 a lot easier. Kind regards, Frederik

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non-blocking keyboard input
by Belinda_Thom＠hmc.edu Feb. 8, 2007

Feb. 8, 2007

What's the best way to get non-blocking input from keyboard w/OS X 10.4? I've found various potential leads via Google, most using curses (which I've never used). I've not found any Mac-specific way of doing this (even checked the Mac Python Reference manual). On windows machines, folks were talking about an msvcrt module, which I get the impression calls into Microsquashes keyboard hit function. Is there something similar for a Mac? Ideas? My application is really basic and will run from the cmd line: while(True) : if nonBlockInputExists : break else : # continue looping I am at a loss for how to determine if a key has been pressed. Thanks much, --b

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