Re: [GENERAL] unable to build postgres-9.4 in os x 10.9 with python

On 05/30/2014 11:52 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Asif Naeem <anaeem(dot)it(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 9:49 PM, reiner peterke <zedaardv(at)drizzle(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>>> Since upgrading my mac from os x 10.8 to 10.9, i can no long build
>>> postgres with '--with-python’.
>
>> Latest PG 9.4 source code seems building fine with --with-python option on
>> my OS X 10.9.3 box i.e.
>
> [ please don't top-post in PG mailing lists ]
>
> I can reproduce the failure as described, not only in 9.4 but the back
> branches too; I would've noticed sooner except I don't build plpython
> routinely.
>
> It looks to me like Apple broke something in the build toolchain.
> If you add -v as suggested, what you see is

> If you do the ld call by hand without the -syslibroot option, it works.
> AFAICS it could never have worked with such an option, so I'm thinking
> this is some new misbehavior in the latest version of Xcode.

There is and the SO thread that goes into detail on this is here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19555395/python-framework-is-missing-from-os-x-10-9-sdk-why-also-workaround

The Apple document referenced in above is:

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/tn2328/_index.html

>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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