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diff --git a/Mac/README b/Mac/README index afd217315d..e4ff868237 100644 --- a/Mac/README +++ b/Mac/README @@ -217,6 +217,25 @@ Because of the way the script locates the files it needs you have to run it from within the BuildScript directory. The script accepts a number of command-line arguments, run it with --help for more information. +Configure warnings +================== + +The configure script sometimes emits warnings like the one below:: + + configure: WARNING: libintl.h: present but cannot be compiled + configure: WARNING: libintl.h: check for missing prerequisite headers? + configure: WARNING: libintl.h: see the Autoconf documentation + configure: WARNING: libintl.h: section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled" + configure: WARNING: libintl.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result + configure: WARNING: libintl.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence + configure: WARNING: ## -------------------------------------- ## + configure: WARNING: ## Report this to http://bugs.python.org/ ## + configure: WARNING: ## -------------------------------------- ## + +This almost always means you are trying to build a universal binary for +Python and have libaries in ``/usr/local`` that don't contain the required +architectures. Temporarily move ``/usr/local`` aside to finish the build. + Odds and ends ============= |