Re: [Pytables-users] OS X intall problem

[Francesc A. <fa...@op...>]

Hi Gary!,

I have never tried to compile PyTables on MacOSX, but it would be nice to
include support for such a nice OS.

After googling a bit, I have found some clues about what may be happening=
=2E
The problem seems to be in the space on the architecture name ("Power
Macintosh-2.2"). Some people (Steve Graham) suggest to strip out this spa=
ce
with the next patch applied to the util.py file on the distuils package.
=46rom the original post:

> The patch is as follows:
> --- util.py     Tue Nov  5 01:29:27 2002
> +++ util.py.osx Tue Nov  5 01:26:22 2002
> @@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
>          m =3D rel_re.match(release)
>          if m:
>              release =3D m.group()
> +    elif osname[:6] =3D=3D "darwin":
> +       machine =3D machine.replace(' ','')
>
>      return "%s-%s-%s" % (osname, release, machine)
> ----end patch (don't include this in file)----
>
> You can patch util.py (after making a backup) like so:
>
> # cd /path/to/python/lib/distutils/
> # cp util.py util.py.orig
> # patch -u -p0 < patch_filename
>
> Where patch_filename is the file you save the patch into.
> If you don't want to use patch you can add the two line fix by hand :)
>
> This will cause the output_dir variable to be set to
> 'build/temp.darwin-6.3-PowerMacintosh-2.2/'
>
> I'm sure there is an easier way to set the build directory through opti=
ons
> in either setup.py or through the command line but I can't find any. Th=
is
> fix seemed to work for me.
>
> -Steve

Just apply this patch and try again. Tell me about your results, please, =
as
I would like to inform on other users about the right solution. It would =
be
nice if you find a more elegant solution (i.e. without need to apply a pa=
tch).

Luck!,

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Francesc Alted