[lxml-dev] lxml 2.0alpha5 fails to build on OS X 10.3.9

js ebgssth at gmail.com
Sun Nov 25 13:01:18 CET 2007


Hi Stefan,
Thanks for quick reply.

I tried new lxml-alpha5 and verified that works.

BTW, I'm create lxml package for macports.
That would be available soon if macports maintainer accept this.

On Nov 25, 2007 8:10 PM, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:
> Hi, thanks for the report.
> 
> js wrote:
> > I was trying to install the latest lxml on my box,
> > but it failed with these errors. (I can build lxml-2.0alpha4 on my box
> > without any problems)
> >
> > $ python2.5 setup.py build
> > Building lxml version 2.0.alpha5.
> > NOTE: Trying to build without Cython, pre-generated 'src/lxml/etree.c'
> > needs to be available.
> [...]
> > src/lxml/lxml.objectify.c:49:28: lxml.etree_api.h: No such file or directory
> 
> There were pre-generated files missing from the tgz that are only required
> when you build without having Cython installed (which I didn't test...). They
> were renamed since alpha4 but were not adapted in the MANIFEST that defines
> the archive content.
> 
> I just re-uploaded a fixed archive (same version number, as nothing else
> changed). Please retry with that.
> 
> Stefan
> 



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