[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 huahang.liu@…):

 Replying to [comment:88 mattias@…]:
 > After some experimenting I have had a conclusion that this is not
 something we can solve.
 > I did a workaround for this bug by creating my own version of the "arch"
 command,
 > the bug is in that python relies on this command to decide how to build
 certain things.
 >
 > The function of the arch command is to report which architecture we are
 running, as the kernel is running
 > in i386 mode, while the userland is (mostly) 64bit it get things wrong.
 >
 > When I created my own version to correct this, I have found out we can't
 build a framework on snowleopard
 > as there are things deep within the Python modules that require two
 things:
 >
 > 1. Deprecated system frameworks in general
 > 2. Stuff from the Carbon framework that is not even included.
 >
 > This will pretty much be unresolvable for the time being, without help
 from the python community.
 > I will report my findings upstream to them.

 I even believe that "arch", "uname -m" and "uname -p", they should all
 emit x86_64 rather than i386 on Snow Leopard. I reported this as a bug on
 Apple's Bug Reporter site here at:

 https://bugreport.apple.com/

 Please search for "Problem ID: 6969481".

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