[Biopython] Biopython and Snow Leopard

[Leighton Pritchard]

Hi all,

Thanks to Google, it appears that you're not the only one to run into this
problem:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/9gpuc/snow_leopard_and_python_compat
ibility_issues/

http://mtrichardson.com/2009/09/fixing-jinja2-and-pycrypto-and-probably-othe
rs-on-snow-leopard/

http://www.allegro.cc/forums/print-thread/601429

And more details about the actual problem here:

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35961

Your solution seems to be the simplest one, Kelly.  The alternative appears
to be to modify the build files.

Best,

L.


On 09/09/2009 17:21, "Peter" <biopython at maubp.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Kelly F Oakeson<kelly.oakeson at utah.edu> wrote:
>> Peter,
>> It looks like I may have solved it! Taking the advice from the post on
>> http://mtrichardson.com/2009/09/fixing-jinja2-and-pycrypto-and-probably-other
>> s-on-snow-leopard/
>> I changed the makefile in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/
>> Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/config/Makefile replacing all of the
>> occurrences of 10.4u with 10.6.
>> I then ran
>> $python setup.py build
>> $python setup.py test
>> $sudo python setup.py install
>> 
>> Everything worked just fine without any gcc errors. This worked on
>> both my MacBook pro and MacPro both running the 64 bit kernel.
> 
> That's great, but doesn't seem like a "proper" solution for us in
> the long run. Did you run the Biopython unit tests? It would be
> good to know they are all fine.
> 
> Peter
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