To explain further, the following section of script is run *twice* .. 
and thus explains the error "Too many levels of symbolic links"

mv 
"[...]/image/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.1/bin/2to3" 
"[...]]/image/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.1/bin/2to3-3.1"
ln -sf 
"[...]/image/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.1/bin/2to3-3.1" 
"[...]/image/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.1/bin/2to3"

The entire log file is here: http://double.activestate.com/t/apy31-anole.log

On 09-06-01 04:46 PM, Sridhar Ratnakumar wrote:
> >
> > make: [image_python] PythonLauncher build attempt 1 of 2 (see bug 44709)
> > make: [image_python] running 'cd build/py3_1rc1-macosx-apy31-rrun/python
> > &&  make frameworkinstallapps
> >
DESTDIR=/Users/apy/rrun/build/activepython-svn-trunk/build/py3_1rc1-macosx-apy31-rrun/image'
> > [...]
> > make: [image_python] running 'cd build/py3_1rc1-macosx-apy31-rrun/python
> > &&  make frameworkinstall frameworkinstallextras
> >
DESTDIR=/Users/apy/rrun/build/activepython-svn-trunk/build/py3_1rc1-macosx-apy31-rrun/image'
> > [...]
> >
> >
> > Note: the second make attempt uses 'frameworkinstallextras' as the extra
> > argument.
> >
> > .
> > .
> >
> > This appears to be breaking 3.1rc1 on Mac ("Too many levels of symbolic
> > links"):
> >
> > running install_scripts
> > [...]
> > copying build/scripts-3.1/2to3 ->
> >
//Users/apy/rrun/build/activepython-svn-trunk/build/py3_1rc1-macosx-apy31-rrun/image/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.1/bin
> > error:
> >
//Users/apy/rrun/build/activepython-svn-trunk/build/py3_1rc1-macosx-apy31-rrun/image/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.1/bin/2to3:
> > Too many levels of symbolic links
> > make: *** [sharedinstall] Error 1