[Gdal-dev] Re: undefined python objects

[Sean Fulton]

> I am trying to compile GDAL on OSX with python support, but I get the 
> following errors on building:
> <SNIP>
> The only advice I have seen so far is to compile without python 
> support, but thats not really a solution. Python support is the only 
> reason I am looking to use GDAL.
>
> Thanks in advance,

Chris,

The python that comes with OS X isn't set-up the way it is on other 
OSs. There is no shared library (i.e. libpython.so or libpython.dylib), 
at least on 10.2, to which GDAL can link . I *think* 10.3 has python as 
a framework in which case you may be able to link against 
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/Python by passing 
'-framework Python' to the linker. Or you could try creating a soft 
link from  /path/to/lib/libpython2.3.dylib to 
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/Python.

I think you can build python as a framework by hand if you're not on 
Panther. Searching python.org will probably be more useful than I have 
been. The GDAL developers probably don't have the time or resources to 
hunt down platform inconsistencies like this, so I'm sure they'd 
appreciate any help in resolving it.

Good luck, and let us know if you get it working!

	Sean