[Zope] Re: RE: [Zope] Zope on LinuxPPC--works fine
Deirdre Saoirse
dsaoirse@linuxcare.com
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:25:13 -0700
> Python was easy to compile statically (as I recall), but when I wanted
> to use it with Zope I had to make it dynamically linked and there were
> some gotchas that came up with the way I did it. This was the biggest
> problem I had to get around (seeing as how I don't know all that much
> yet about dyld and bundles and frameworks, et al). Once it was solved,
> some of the Zope builder scripts had to be modified slightly, the
> default Python/Modules/Makefile.pre.in had to be edited because it was
> missing a much needed line that the normal Python Makefile had, and I
> had to (probably wrongly) modify getpath.c (i believe that was the
> module) as well.
Well, I had a heck of a time today -- I think I'll just stop beating
my head against the wall and put it on a Linux box. It's not like we
have a shortage of Linux boxen around here. :)
> MacOS X looks like it may be even less cooperative with Python 1.5.2's
> configuration machinery since it's so new (but this should be fixed by
> the next release of Python).
Well, that and MOSXS thinks it's a NeXT, but it isn't really, so old
scripts for old black hardware (or NeXT on Intel) make wrong
assumptions.
> I need another whopping hard drive so I can have MacOS X Server back on
> board, as well as good young Darwin. Python and Zope _BOTH_ need to
> find their way into the Darwin distribution.
Yeah, though I'd LOVE to see python bindings for the whole GUI
development environment. Part of the reason for this escapade with
Zope is a) our company is evaluating it for other reasons (we're
doing it by imho far more evil methods at present <g>); b) it seemed
to suit a need for serving html; c) I was all set to test a Tk
version of a little app I'm prototyping only to realize I didn't have
the Tk stuff set up on MOSXS. ::sigh:: And of course Gtk, Qt and so
on really don't fly because there is no X. Bah.
I have this love/hate thing going with MOSXS -- which I've had going
ever since I discovered Cool Things You Can Do With X. :)
_Deirdre Saoirse Systems Analyst Linuxcare
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