[lxml-dev] lxml build problem, -arch ppc -arch i386

[Michael Guntsche]

On Jan 2, 2009, at 21:34, Ian Bicking wrote:

> Martin (copied) has been having a problem building Deliverance/lxml  
> on a
> Mac using the latest static build stuff.  Given the error messages
> (http://paste.plone.org/25648 for /usr/bin/python and
> http://paste.plone.org/25646 with macports Python), it seems like it
> might be related to the architecture.  The compilation uses "-arch ppc
> -arch i386" pretty much unconditionally (in buildlibxml.py).
>
> Right now the Deliverance installation procedure is a bit opaque in  
> this
> regard, so we couldn't really try just editing buildlibxml.py and
> rerunning.  But I'm wondering why both -arch options are always there?
> Is the macports Python also a fat binary, or should it be contingent  
> on
> which Python we're using?

Both static libs are build as universal binary. If you have a python  
build that is NOT Universal only the lib for your arch will be linked  
during compilation.
I just tested current trunk with an universal python build (downloaded  
from python.org) and a i386 macports version and both worked without  
errors.
Looking at the the messages shows that there is something else going  
on, maybe it would be helpful to just see if lxml itself can be build  
on this system.

Kind regards,
Michael