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Compiling Python Extension Modules on Mac OSX 10.6

2011-05-27
python
mac
osx 10.6
tricks

If you get the following error when you are compiling a Python C extension module in Mac OSX 10.6:

/gcc/darwin/ppc/as or /usr/bin/../local/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as) for architecture ppc not installed
Installed assemblers are:
/usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/darwin/x86_64/as for architecture x86_64
/usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/darwin/i386/as for architecture i386
spammodule.c:63: fatal error: error writing to -: Broken pipe compilation terminated.

Run setup.py as follows:

ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" python setup.py build