python24 install failure

[Kevin Horton]

On 6 Mar 2007, at 19:09, Christian Voelker wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Am 07.03.2007 um 00:56 schrieb Kevin Horton:
>
>> After doing all the above, python24 builds.  But, looking at the  
>> build output, I see hundreds of references to /sw/lib or /sw/ 
>> include, e.g.
>>
>> /usr/bin/gcc-4.0 -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup build/ 
>> temp.darwin-8.8.0-Power_Macintosh-2.4/grpmodule.o -L/opt/local/lib  
>> -L/sw/lib -L/usr/local/lib -o build/lib.darwin-8.8.0- 
>> Power_Macintosh-2.4/grp.so
>>
>> Where are these coming from, if /sw is not in my path?
>
> Strange, I think, really. But I am no expert.
> As macports is mostly selfcontained, I would
> make the assumption that there must be a re-
> ference to /sw in some configuration file.
> Does Spotlight index /opt/local? I have not
> checked myself. Or, you might use the search
> feature of TextWrangler to search across the
> content of all files within a directory. It
> might be a bit too tough to search the whole
> /opt/local that way, but what about
> /opt/local/etc or /opt/local/etc/ports?
> For me, this is more convenient then doing
> the same on the shell.

I greped the Python2.4.3 source for /sw, and found the culprit, I think:

Python-2.4.3/setup.py:            # Fink installs into /sw by default
Python-2.4.3/setup.py:            add_dir_to_list 
(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/sw/lib')
Python-2.4.3/setup.py:            add_dir_to_list 
(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/sw/include')
Python-2.4.3/setup.py:            '/sw/include/db4',
Python-2.4.3/setup.py:            '/sw/include/db3',

It would probably be better if MacPorts patched out those references  
to /sw.  Until then, I'll have to find a good way to move /sw out of  
the way.  Maybe I'll create a new user, with his shells having no  
reference to /sw at all.  Then I could safely move /sw out of the way  
temporarily, I think.

Kevin Horton
Ottawa, Canada