Message 97404 - Python tracker

Message97404

Author	ronaldoussoren
Recipients	loewis, ned.deily, ronaldoussoren
Date	2010-01-08.09:46:32
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Message-id	<1262943993.74.0.465805385389.issue7658@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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BTW. The patch is incorrect in it current form: * The change to LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS is unconditional, the current values are needed to build on modern system, I guess the proposed new value would be needed for building on 10.4? * The patch changes pythonw to use execv unconditionally when building a binary that should work on 10.4, as noted in the discussion it is easy enough to build an executable that uses posix_spawnv when it is available and falls back to execv when it is not. A configure check can be used to detect if posix_spawnv is available at link-time.

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BTW. The patch is incorrect in it current form:

* The change to LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS is unconditional, the current values are needed to build on modern system, I guess the proposed new value would be needed for building on 10.4?

* The patch changes pythonw to use execv unconditionally when building a binary that should work on 10.4, as noted in the discussion it is easy enough to build an executable that uses posix_spawnv when it is available and falls back to execv when it is not.  A configure check can be used to detect if posix_spawnv is available at link-time.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-01-08 09:46:33	ronaldoussoren	set	recipients: + ronaldoussoren, loewis, ned.deily
2010-01-08 09:46:33	ronaldoussoren	set	messageid: <1262943993.74.0.465805385389.issue7658@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-01-08 09:46:32	ronaldoussoren	link	issue7658 messages
2010-01-08 09:46:32	ronaldoussoren	create