Re: [Pyobjc-dev] Unable to compile universal binary for non-leopard macs

[Bruce L. <lic...@gm...>]

I would like to clarify... The error from attempting to use the package
building command is actually due to the fact that there is no longer a
/usr/bin/nidump (sh cannot find it).

On Jan 29, 2008 5:02 PM, Bruce Lichtenstein <lic...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello,
> I have written a simple program which has been a pain to compile properly;
> that is to say, when using x-code it compiles to a small (500 kB) not
> self-contained application that crashes on opening on every system that does
> not have pyobjc installed. I have gotten it to work stably on two systems
> running Leopard and pyobjc, and figured out how to get a setup-file to
> create what should be a universal binary (now ~12 MB). Unfortunately, it
> fails to open on 10.4 systems, raising an error about _class_addIvar being
> missing after being called by _objc.so (dynamically).
>
> The only reference I have found for the _class_addIvar related to 10.4 and
> pyobjc is the objc-runtime-compat.h file. I don't know how to either force
> this file to be compiled with the program or properly change my objc
> function calls. I tried the recommendation in the header, but unfortunately,
> for some reason, this brings up an error related to the undefined nature of
> PyObjC_ functions.
>
> I suspect that my pyobjc installation is incomplete (particularly since I
> have no PyObjC folder created after the installation ends -- attempting to
> use the python setup.py bdist_mpkg --open command brings up the same
> 'ValueError: group admin not found' on both of my computers before it
> terminates. The sh install file seems to work (with large numbers of errors
> (on an Intel iMac) or failures (on a PowerBook)) and has gotten me this
> far...
>
> Any and all help will be appreciated,
>
> Bruce Lichtenstein
>