[MacPorts] #20284: python26 fails to build on 10.6

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#20284: python26 fails to build on 10.6
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 Reporter:  snc@…             |       Owner:  blb@…           
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  High              |   Milestone:                  
Component:  ports             |     Version:  1.8.0           
 Keywords:  snowleopard       |        Port:  python26        
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Comment(by mattias@…):

 Replying to [comment:72 albert.veli@…]:
 > A summary (on a Mac mini).
 >
 > No flags gives the "file is not of required architecture" error.
 >
 > Patching Makefile.pre with "-arch_only x86_64" gives:
 > {{{
 > File "./scripts/cachersrc.py", line 23, in handler
 >     macresource.open_pathname(os.path.join(dirname, fn),
 verbose=verbose)
 >   File
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_python26/work/Python-2.6.2/Lib
 /plat-mac/macresource.py", line 81, in open_pathname
 >     refno = Res.FSpOpenResFile(pathname, 1)
 > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'FSpOpenResFile'
 > }}}
 >
 > and +universal gives:
 > {{{
 > Traceback (most recent call last):
 >   File "./scripts/BuildApplet.py", line 15, in <module>
 >     import EasyDialogs
 >   File
 "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_lang_python26/work/destroot/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6
 /plat-mac/EasyDialogs.py", line 34, in <module>
 >     import Nav
 > ImportError: No module named Nav
 > }}}
 >
 > Additionally bad is that failure to build python26 blocks gtk2 and
 almost all programs I use depends on gtk2 :(

 +universal will fail because we are trying to link among other things
 ncursesw that is built only as x86_64, and then linking stuff against it
 for other architectures will fail.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20284#comment:75>
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