Re: [Pyobjc-dev] [Pythonmac-SIG] [ANN] py2app 0.3.2

[Bob I. <bo...@re...>]

On Jul 20, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Kaweh Kazemi wrote:

> hi,
>
> using py2app 0.3.2 i encountered following problem.
>
>
> WARNING: Mach-O header may be too large to relocate
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/
> python2.4/site-packages/py2app-0.3.2-py2.4.egg/py2app/build_app.py",
> line 548, in _run
>      self.run_normal()
>    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/
> python2.4/site-packages/py2app-0.3.2-py2.4.egg/py2app/build_app.py",
> line 619, in run_normal
>      self.create_binaries(py_files, pkgdirs, extensions, loader_files)
>    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/
> python2.4/site-packages/py2app-0.3.2-py2.4.egg/py2app/build_app.py",
> line 732, in create_binaries
>      platfiles = mm.run()
>    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/
> python2.4/site-packages/macholib-1.1-py2.4.egg/macholib/
> MachOStandalone.py", line 135, in run
>    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/
> python2.4/site-packages/macholib-1.1-py2.4.egg/macholib/MachO.py",
> line 111, in write
>    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/
> python2.4/site-packages/macholib-1.1-py2.4.egg/macholib/MachO.py",
> line 302, in write
>    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/
> python2.4/site-packages/macholib-1.1-py2.4.egg/macholib/MachO.py",
> line 292, in synchronize_size
> ValueError: New Mach-O header is too large to relocate
>> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/
> site-packages/macholib-1.1-py2.4.egg/macholib/MachO.py(292)
> synchronize_size()
>
>
> i'm trying to include a custom made library into my application. i'm
> not assuming that py2app (or macholib) is the problem here, but the
> library, though i was hoping that this error-message could give
> someone a clue where i could look to solve my problem.
>
> any hints are much appreciated.

Some Mach-O don't have enough room leftover to rewrite their load  
commands. This is quite rare, but you may have to re-link the library  
with -headerpad_max_install_names. It could otherwise be a bug in  
macholib, but I wouldn't be able to say without a copy of the library.

-bob