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1 Building a MacPython distribution |
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3 |
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4 The ``build-install.py`` script creates MacPython distributions, including |
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5 sleepycat db4, sqlite3 and readline support. It builds a complete |
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6 framework-based Python out-of-tree, installs it in a funny place with |
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7 $DESTROOT, massages that installation to remove .pyc files and such, creates |
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8 an Installer package from the installation plus other files in ``resources`` |
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9 and ``scripts`` and placed that on a ``.dmg`` disk image. |
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10 |
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11 Prerequisites |
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13 |
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14 * A MacOS X 10.4 (or later) |
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16 * XCode 2.2 (or later), with the universal SDK |
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18 * No Fink (in ``/sw``) or DarwinPorts (in ``/opt/local``), those could |
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19 interfere with the build. |
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20 |
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21 * The documentation for the release must be available on python.org |
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22 because it is included in the installer. |
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24 |
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25 The Recipe |
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26 ---------- |
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27 |
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28 Here are the steps you need to follow to build a MacPython installer: |
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29 |
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30 * Run ``./build-installer.py``. Optionally you can pass a number of arguments |
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31 to specify locations of various files. Please see the top of |
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32 ``build-installer.py`` for its usage. |
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33 |
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34 Running this script takes some time, I will not only build Python itself |
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35 but also some 3th-party libraries that are needed for extensions. |
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36 |
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37 * When done the script will tell you where the DMG image is (by default |
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38 somewhere in ``/tmp/_py``). |
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39 |
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40 Testing |
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42 |
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43 The resulting binaries should work on MacOSX 10.3.9 or later. I usually run |
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44 the installer on a 10.3.9, a 10.4.x PPC and a 10.4.x Intel system and then |
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45 run the testsuite to make sure. |
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48 Announcements |
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50 |
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51 (This is mostly of historic interest) |
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52 |
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53 When all is done, announcements can be posted to at least the following |
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54 places: |
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55 - pythonmac-sig@python.org |
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56 - python-dev@python.org |
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57 - python-announce@python.org |
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58 - archivist@info-mac.org |
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59 - adcnews@apple.com |
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60 - news@macnn.com |
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61 - http://www.macupdate.com |
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62 - http://guide.apple.com/usindex.lasso |
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63 - http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/submit |
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64 - http://www.versiontracker.com/ (userid Jack.Jansen@oratrix.com) |
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65 - http://www.macshareware.net (userid jackjansen) |
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67 Also, check out Stephan Deibels http://pythonology.org/market contact list |