Python problems on OS X

[Anders Montonen]

Hi,

> On 18 Nov 2020, at 12:13, Anders Montonen <anders.montonen at iki.fi> wrote:
>> On 18 Nov 2020, at 11:32, Andrew Butterfield <Andrew.Butterfield at scss.tcd.ie <mailto:Andrew.Butterfield at scss.tcd.ie>> wrote:
>> 
>> configure:10788: /usr/bin/cc -O2 -pipe -fbracket-depth=1024 -I/Users/butrfeld/REPOS/esa-qual/modules/rsb/rtems/build/tmp/sb-501/6/rtems-sparc/Users/butrfeld/REPOS/esa-qual/modules/rtems/6/include -o conftest -g -O2 -I/Users/butrfeld/REPOS/esa-qual/modules/rsb/rtems/build/tmp/sb-501/6/rtems-sparc/Users/butrfeld/REPOS/esa-qual/modules/rtems/6/include -I/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -I/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7  -Wl,-no_pie -L/Users/butrfeld/REPOS/esa-qual/modules/rsb/rtems/build/tmp/sb-501/6/rtems-sparc/Users/butrfeld/REPOS/esa-qual/modules/rtems/6/lib conftest.c -L/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/config -lpython2.7 -ldl -framework CoreFoundation -u _PyMac_Error Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python -lncurses -lm  >&5
>> clang: error: no such file or directory: 'Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Python’
> 
> It seems you’re running into this issue: https://bugs.python.org/issue3588 <https://bugs.python.org/issue3588>
> GDB uses this script to duplicate the functionality of python-config: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob;f=gdb/python/python-config.py <https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=blob;f=gdb/python/python-config.py>
> It was patched upstream (in 2013!) to deal with this: https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bab708624dc4/ <https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bab708624dc4/> (current version: https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Misc/python-config.in <https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Misc/python-config.in>)

I should add that until a proper fix is available, the easiest workaround is probably to install a third-party distribution as your default Python. At least the Python 2.7 framework from MacPorts no longer has this bug.

Regards,
Anders Montonen
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