[mod_python] Status of Mac OS X / Apache 1.3 / mod_python 2.7.10.

Graham,

I was able to get it 2.7.10 to work on the stock apache with OSX by 
just downloading the latest python and doing a framework build (after 
moving aside the one that comes with OSX). This seems like it might 
have caused a lot of headaches but std. python build as a framework 
does pretty well on OSX.

AR


On Jul 31, 2004, at 4:13 AM, Graham Dumpleton wrote:

> I wanted to get mod_python working with the standard version of Apache 
> (1.3) that
> comes with Mac OS 10.3 but before I even tried I noted a number of 
> posts in various
> places on the net asking how to get it to work since they weren't even 
> able to
> get it to compile or if they did, the apache process died when 
> mod_python was
> loaded. In my search, I couldn't find anyone indicating that they had 
> solved the
> problem. The only positive indication was someone making available a 
> prebuilt
> version of mod_python but this was for Mac OS 10.1 and it has since 
> been removed
> from the net.
>
> Actually trying it myself, I fixed the obvious problems with the 
> makefiles and build
> process but also found that the apache process died. Digging further, 
> I found the
> underlying problem was that Py_IsInitialized() always returned true, 
> even on the
> first time it was called from the python_init() function in 
> mod_python.c. As such,
> the required call to Py_Initialize() never occurred, nor did setup for 
> threading.
> Because initialisation of the interpreter never occurred, Python 
> subsequently died
> the first time a Python function was actually called. Adding a 
> separate initialisation
> flag in python_init() fixed the problem and so far on a simple example 
> it is working
> okay.
>
> That said, what is the official status of mod_python 2.7.10 on Mac OS 
> X with the
> version of Apache (1.3) that comes with the OS?
>
> Can post instructions/patch later if there is the interest.
>
>
> --
> Graham Dumpleton (grahamd at dscpl.com.au)
>
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