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

[Itai Tavor]

Sadly, I do have reasons forcing me to stay with Zope 2.3.2. I had no 
problems with Zope 2.3.2 or Python 2.0 and OS X 10.0.4... all I need 
to continue to work is to get Python 2.0 running on 10.1 :-(.

Thanks,

Itai

Jens Vagelpohl wrote:

>if you have no compelling reason for running Zope 2.3.2 and Python 
>2.0 i highly suggest moving up to a combination of Python 2.1 (which 
>is much more OSX-friendly) and Zope 2.4.1.
>
>jens
>
>
>On Sunday, October 7, 2001, at 09:04 , Itai Tavor wrote:
>
>>Has anyone managed to do this procedure with Python 2.0? The 
>>-flat_namespace flag does not help and I'm still getting 
>>twolevel_namespace errors. I'm running Zope 2.3.2 and I'd like to 
>>avoid the startup warnings, as well as any possible 
>>incompatibilities with Python 2.1/2.2.
>>
>>Itai
>>
>>Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
>>
>>>i think i found a working solution. since my knowledge of compilers and
>>>linkers isn't the greatest i'll just explain what i did.
>>>
>>>trying to compile python2.1.1 on OS X 10.1 failed for me displaying the
>>>very same error. searching through apple's discussion i found the
>>>following link:
>>>
>>>http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/porting/shared.php
>>>
>>>it explains that some linker/compiler default options have changed. in
>>>order to get python compiled and running i edited the toplevel Makefile
>>>after running ./configure and edited the lines starting with LDSHARED
>>>and BLDSHARED, this is what they look like now in my setup:
>>>
>>>LDSHARED=   $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined
>>>suppress
>>>BLDSHARED=  $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined
>>>suppress
>>>
>>>notice the "-flat_namespace" switch, this gets rid of the new default
>>>"twolevel_namespace" that complains about "undefined warning".
>>>
>>>running "make" was now successful and i was able to compile and run Zope
>>>2.4.1.   you will probably have to recompile your python to set that
>>>switch under 10.1.
>>>
>>>i only did some light testing, no guarantees and before using this in
>>>production you might want to read up on those compiler/linker options...
>>>
>>>jens
>>
>>
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