Re: [Visualpython-users] VPython on OS X, steps forward and otherwise

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

I'm not using any special build tools. But as of a few minutes ago=20
there's a beta8 with many improvements.

On Windows Arthur and I are currently using MinGW in the Msys=20
environment (though Arthur is interested in trying the Microsoft C++=20
compiler instead). On both Windows and Ubuntu I'm following the=20
instructions in INSTALL.txt, which have been significantly simplified=20
for Windows thanks to Arthur.

You are correct that there is some leftover irrelevant stuff having to=20
do with the fact that at one point Jonathan Brandmeyer investigated=20
using scons instead of more traditional build tools.

Bruce Sherwood

Dethe Elza wrote:

>On 30-Nov-06, at 5:52 AM, Arthur wrote:
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> =20
>
>>I am concerned that you are working not at the bleeding edge, but =20
>>beyond
>>it a bit. And are trying to solve problems that shouldn't be yours =20
>>- in
>>that beta8 is a work in progress that has been focusing not only on
>>numpy compatibility but on some Windows specific build issues, and =20
>>that
>>there has been some futzing with Makefile.in (that I think Bruce =20
>>checked
>>in) that address those, but without, at the moment, thinking =20
>>through the
>>crossplatform implications, mainly because we haven't finalized =20
>>what the
>>keepers are, even for Windows.
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>
>I was trying to build from the beta5 tarball, but the files Martin =20
>was using weren't in it (there are several build tools involved--not =20
>sure how/where pycompile, scons, or mkdist_osx.sh enter into the =20
>process (are they used, or just cruft left from earlier builds?).  On =20
>the other hand, now that I have gotten it to build and run (see my =20
>reply to Martin following this), I can try to repeat the process from =20
>the beta5 tarball, or selectively roll back what I have checked out =20
>from CVS.
>
> =20
>
>>That being said, I think Bruce successfully did a Linux build from the
>>cvs as late as yesterday with no apparent problems.
>>   =20
>>
>
>Excellent.  Bruce, if you're reading this, could you give me some =20
>insight into which of the build tools you're using?
>
> =20
>
>>Coming in late, but looking at your build log where everything looks
>>rather sensible.
>>
>>Is it clear where -lboost_python -lboost_thread are being found.
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>>
>
>Martin had given me the key to this in an earlier message, but I had =20
>missed it.  Got it now.
>
> =20
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>>Presumably you are using a binary distro of these libs that are =20
>>placing
>>them somewhere standard.  I mention it because when I have built those
>>libraries, on Linux, or Windows I have had to handle them with kid
>>gloves, re: naming and install issues.
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>
>I'm using Fink to build all of the libs.
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> =20
>
>>Beyond those clues, which might not be clues, don't have a clue =20
>>what you
>>might be running into.
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>
>It's all helpful.  Thanks, Art!
>
> =20
>
>>Art
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>
>--Dethe
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