In article <cxnMq.50333$dr1.19...@newsfe08.iad>, K Richard Pixley <r...@noir.com> wrote: > On 1/1/12 19:04 , K Richard Pixley wrote: > > On 1/1/12 16:49 , K Richard Pixley wrote: > >> I'm having trouble finding a reasonable python environment on mac. > >> > >> The supplied binaries, (2.7.2, 3.2.2), are built with old versions of > >> macosx and are not capable of building any third party packages that > >> require gcc. > >> > >> The source builds easily enough out of the box, (./configure > >> --enable-framework && make && sudo make install), but when I do that, I > >> end up with a python interpreter that lacks readline. > >> > >> How do I get readline involved? > >> > >> Or better... is there an instruction sheet somewhere on how to reproduce > >> the python.org binary packages? > >> > >> --rich > > > > Bah. I just needed to dig a little deeper into the source. All the doc I > > wanted is in there. > > Well, partial victory. 2.7.2 builds. 3.2 doesn't.
As you may have discovered, by default the python.org Python 2.7.x and 3.2.x on OS X 10.6 and above will link with the readline compatibility layer supplied with BSD editline (libedit) shipped by Apple. The Apple-suppled system Pythons also link with editline. While it is possible to link with your own version of GNU readline, there is also a readline project listed on PyPI that supplies pre-compiled versions of the Python readline module linked with GNU readline. I believe they are intended primarily for the system Pythons; I have not tried them myself with the python.org versions. http://pypi.python.org/pypi/readline -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
