skeinfox vs. powerpc osx solution

[jet]

It looks like python on powerpc/10.5.8 is not compatible with
skeinforge. I just downloaded python 2.6.4 for OSX from python.org,
installed it in the default location (/usr/local) and updated
skeinforge.pl to call /usr/local/bin/python. After that, SkeinFox
parsed my STLs just fine.

--jet

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[jet]

now other things are not working, grumble. will continue to investigate.

[Jordan Miller]

wow, that's an excellent solution, thanks! what is not working now?

Jordan

[jet]

Some of my other .stl files stopped being valid after I upgraded python.
skeinforge.py generates the "is being chain exported." message then
exits without any sort of error or output.

I'll look at it later this week, I'd really like to have a PowerPC
solution so I can "retire" this box as a makerbot/file server.

--jet

[TeamTeamUSA]

A more future-proof solution might be to create a symbolic link from
where skeinforge expects python to be to where it is on your machine:

sudo ln -s <actual_python> <skeinforge_python>

As far as skeinforge ceasing to work, it's likely caused by a well-
known bug that is triggered by moving/renaming the previous file
processed by skeinforge.

To fix, delete the filename in the ~/.skeinforge/skeinforge.csv file
[typically on the second line].

Go!

=ml=

[jet]

Yeah, I've run into the missing file problem, but this is a small set of
test files that never change. Basically, I'm trying to put together a
calibration suite of models ranging from simple to complex, so they
should always be there.