[Visualpython-users] can't compile under Tiger

[Joe H. <hea...@ct...>]

I'm running Mac OS X 10.4.2 with all updates applied, dev tools, and  
the very latest Fink distribution with both Python24 and Python23  
installed. I'm trying to build VPython from the sourceforge package  
by running the mkdist_osx.sh script, which worked perfectly under  
10.3.x. The custom version of gcc builds fine but something happens  
during the visual build, as indicated below:

checking for unistd.h... yes
checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
Installing VPython into /sw with sudo, you may need your password here.
make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
tar: /sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/cvisualmodule.so: Cannot stat:  
No such file or directory
tar: /sw/lib/python2.3/site-packages/visual: Cannot stat: No such  
file or directory
tar: /usr/local/lib/libboost_python.dylib: Cannot stat: No such file  
or directory
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
joe-heafners-ibook-g4:~/visual-3.2.1 heafnerj$

I can attach the config.log if necessary. Otherwise, I'm stumped.  
This all worked under 10.3.

Joe Heafner
heafnerj(at)ctc(dot)net