compiling MonetDB python libraries on the Mac

MonetDB is a "think different" kind of database. Link: http://monetdb.cwi.nl

Here are some notes for the builtin python2.3 for Mac OS X 10.4.9 . It builds correctly, and it works after manually moving some libs .
-headers: /usr/include/python2.3/
-libs: /usr/lib (/usr/lib/libpython.dylib , /usr/lib/libpython2.dylib , /usr/lib/libpython2.3.dylib )
-site-packages: /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/
-dynamic libs: /usr/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload/

It is easy to get readline from www.darwinports.org (sudo port install readline):
-Headers: /opt/local/include/readline
-Libs: /opt/local/lib/libreadline.5.0.dylib /opt/local/lib/libreadline.a /opt/local/lib/libreadline.5.dylib /opt/local/lib/libreadline.dylib

Swig also from darwinports , installed as: /opt/local/bin/swig . (Get it with: sudo port install swig)


./configure --with-python=python2.3 --with-python-library=/usr/lib --with-python-incdir=/usr/include/python2.3/ --with-swig=/opt/local/bin/swig
make
sudo make install


This still DOES NOT copy MonetSQLdb under python2.3 site-packages, and places dynamic libs under /usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/lib/ instead of usr/lib/python2.3/lib-dynload/

Fixed with:
cp /usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/lib/_* ~/Desktop/clients/src/python/Cimpl/MonetSQLdb
cp /usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/lib/_* ~/Desktop/clients/src/python/Cimpl