When building a universal framework Python-2.7.1 with homebrew on 10.6.6, python-32 (and its target, python2.7-32) are built and installed in the framework executable path, but they are not linked in /usr/local/bin.  msg101156 in Issue 8089 recognized this as a general MacPython problem in a 2.6.5 release candidate but deferred a fix for 2.6.6.  Apparently the fix was never implemented, or perhaps it was decided the link was not appropriate.  It seems to me it *is* appropriate (framework users don't currently have easy command-line access to python-32), but I defer to the experts!

Taking a quick look at it, it appears that the Mac Makefile "installunixtools" target could/should create those links.  Note, this is not a problem for the standard OS X installers as Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py (in buildPython) ensures that links are made in /usr/local/bin for all files in the framework bin directory at the end of the build.

I believe the main Makefile makes the Mac/Makefile.in installunixtools target automatically, and I don't see that it should do "the right thing" regarding linking a python-32.

I did the brew install again, logging the output, and adding an explicit "make frameworkinstallunixtools" (which I believe executes the Make makefile installunixtools target).  This is the log output showing that target is executed already by default, and that it is not linking python2.7-32:


cd Mac && make installunixtools DESTDIR=""
if [ ! -d "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/bin" ]; then  \
		/usr/local/bin/ginstall -c -d -m 755 "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/bin" ;\
	fi
for fn in python pythonw idle pydoc python-config smtpd.py 2to3 \
		  python2.7 pythonw2.7 idle2.7 \
		  pydoc2.7 python2.7-config smtpd2.7.py \
		  2to3-2.7 ;\
	do \
		ln -fs "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/${fn}" "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/bin/${fn}" ;\
	done
==> make frameworkinstallunixtools
make frameworkinstallunixtools 
cd Mac && make installunixtools DESTDIR=""
if [ ! -d "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/bin" ]; then  \
		/usr/local/bin/ginstall -c -d -m 755 "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/bin" ;\
	fi
for fn in python pythonw idle pydoc python-config smtpd.py 2to3 \
		  python2.7 pythonw2.7 idle2.7 \
		  pydoc2.7 python2.7-config smtpd2.7.py \
		  2to3-2.7 ;\
	do \
		ln -fs "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/${fn}" "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/bin/${fn}" ;\
	done

I don't see how the -32 versions would be linked by this part of the Makefile:


	for fn in python pythonw idle pydoc python-config smtpd.py 2to3 \
		  python$(VERSION) pythonw$(VERSION) idle$(VERSION) \
		  pydoc$(VERSION) python$(VERSION)-config smtpd$(VERSION).py \
		  2to3-$(VERSION) ;\


Looking further at the logged output, the -32 versions appear to be extracted from a universal pythonw:


lipo -extract i386 -output /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7-32 pythonw
lipo -extract i386 -output /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw2.7-32 pythonw
ln -sf python2.7-32 "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python-32"
ln -sf pythonw2.7-32 "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/pythonw-32"

I don't see how the unixtools targets will find these.

I believe this is a bug.

The -32 part of Mac/Makefile.in builds and links the -32 versions here:


ifneq ($(LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS),)
	lipo $(LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS) -output $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/bin/python$(VERSION)-32 pythonw
	lipo $(LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS) -output $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/bin/pythonw$(VERSION)-32 pythonw
	ln -sf python$(VERSION)-32 "$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/bin/python-32"
	ln -sf pythonw$(VERSION)-32 "$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/bin/pythonw-32"
endif

For a framework build, the destinations are the framework location, and indeed the brew install does put them there.

Right after in Makefile.in is the unix tools part (which is run by default):

installunixtools:
	if [ ! -d "$(DESTDIR)$(FRAMEWORKUNIXTOOLSPREFIX)/bin" ]; then  \
		$(INSTALL) -d -m $(DIRMODE) "$(DESTDIR)$(FRAMEWORKUNIXTOOLSPREFIX)/bin" ;\
	fi
	for fn in python pythonw idle pydoc python-config smtpd.py 2to3 \
		  python$(VERSION) pythonw$(VERSION) idle$(VERSION) \
		  pydoc$(VERSION) python$(VERSION)-config smtpd$(VERSION).py \
		  2to3-$(VERSION) ;\
	do \
		ln -fs "$(prefix)/bin/$${fn}" "$(DESTDIR)$(FRAMEWORKUNIXTOOLSPREFIX)/bin/$${fn}" ;\
	done

I believe this needs an "ifneq ($(LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS),)" block that explicitly handles $(VERSION)-32, just like the pythonw section before it.

The attached patch does the trick.

New changeset a2f088cf7ced by Ned Deily in branch '2.7':
Issue #11217: For 64-bit/32-bit Mac OS X universal framework builds,
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a2f088cf7ced

New changeset 7f2e3c466d57 by Ned Deily in branch '3.2':
Issue #11217: For 64-bit/32-bit Mac OS X universal framework builds,
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7f2e3c466d57

New changeset 2936e8f12e4f by Ned Deily in branch 'default':
Issue #11217: For 64-bit/32-bit Mac OS X universal framework builds,
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2936e8f12e4f

Thanks for the suggested patch.  In addition to the "installunixtools" target, the "altinstallunixtools" target needed to be updated; it is used by default in the Python 3.x Makefiles.  The applied fix causes the following additional symlinks to be added to the --prefix bin directory for a 64-/32-bit framework install:

py27:  python2.7-32  pythonw2.7-32
       python-32     pythonw-32

py32:  python3.2-32  pythonw3.2-32
       python3-32    pythonw3-32 ["make frameworkinstallunixtools" only]

Thanks for handling this, Ned!  -Tom