Re: Optional BSD package is required for (useable) Python?

I've seen it before, but it's pretty rare and easy to diagnose.

On May 11, 2004, at 10:42 AM, Paul Berkowitz wrote:

> How many people do you know who don't install the BSD layer? And how 
> many of
> those are non-geeks who couldn't easily go back and install it? You 
> don't
> have to worry about geeks. I can't imagine there's any OP who does a 
> Custom
> Install of OS X, chooses not to install BSD, and then needs Python.
>
> --
> Paul Berkowitz
>
>
> > From: Glenn Andreas <gandreas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 09:35:36 -0500
> > To: <pythonmac-sig@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [Pythonmac-SIG] Optional BSD package is required for 
> > (useable)
> > Python?
> >
> >  From a newgroup post this morning, it appears that /usr/bin/python
> > isn't installed by default on 10.3 unless the user installs the
> > optional BSD layer.  But as near as I can tell by using lsbom,
> > Python.framework _is_ installed, but only the headers and shared
> > library - none of the ".py" file (so none of the site files, nothing).
> >
> > Doesn't this limit the advantage of having Python.framework?  After
> > all, all you can do is link in the shared library - you can't really
> > do much with it from your app, and you can't write any python scripts
> > (or apps using PyObjC) without have the optional BSD layer installed,
> > so I'm not sure what the point of having Python.framework installed.
> >
> > Any idea who we'll need to bribe at WWDC to get the rest of the stuff
> > in the default layer?
> >
> > --
> > Glenn Andreas                      gandreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > mondo blobbo, Cythera, Theldrow, oh my!
> > Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
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