Is there anyone who managed to compile mod_wsgi for apache on Mac OS X Leopard?

Question

I am working on a Django project that requires debugging on a multi-threaded server. I found mod_wsgi 2.0+ the easiest to use, due to simple workarounds for reloading the python module. The problem is that he cannot compile it on Leopard. Is there anyone who has managed to do this so far for embedded Apache or MAMP. I would appreciate if someone posted a link to a precompiled binary (for intel, python 2.5, apache 2.2 or 2.0).

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After 3 hours of trial and error, I managed to compile mod_wsgi 2.3 for Apache, which comes with Leopard. Here are the instructions if anyone needs it.

• ./Configure

• Change 2 lines in Makefile

  CFLAGS = -Wc, '- arch i386'

  LDFLAGS = -arch i386 -Wl, -F / Library / Frameworks -framework Python -u _PyMac_Error

• make && & sudo make install

• Make thin httpd source binary

  cd / usr / sbin

  sudo mv./httpd./httpd.fat

  sudo lipo./httpd.fat -thin i386 -output./httpd.i386

  sudo ln -s./httpd.i386./httpd

This should work on intel macbook, macbook pro, imac and mac mini. As I understand it, the problem is that modwsgi will not compile in MacPython 2.5.2 due to some strange problem with an architecture error. But, if you compile it as a thin binary, it will not play with the Apache binary. Thus, this hack solves the problem. The rest is a fairly standard configuration, like on any other platform.

Answer 1

This does not answer your question directly, but have you thought about using something like MacPorts for this kind of thing? If you compile a large number of such programs, MacPorts can make your life easier, because creating software and dependencies is almost automated.