On Nov 8, 2026, at 06:32, Blogger Drive2 via Pythonmac-SIG <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking for existing build documentation for the official > python-3.14.10-macos11.pkg installer. > The published SHA-256 recorded in my documentation is: > 286c7018aa2730f6747ca433dccdc2b31be45f078a9ea0ffa44d5f06368fd2d7 > For the conventional universal2 variant, does the _ctypes extension link a > bundled libffi or the macOS SDK/system libffi?
The official Python for macOS installers from python.org <https://python.org/> dynamically link at runtime with the Apple-provided system libffi. $ /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14.10/bin/python3.14 Python 3.14.10 (v3.14.10:b703b2c5e70, Oct 25 2026, 14:17:53) [Clang 21.0.0 (clang-2100.1.1.101)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import _ctypes >>> _ctypes.__file__ '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14.10/lib/python3.14/lib-dynload/_ctypes.cpython-314-darwin.so' >>> $ otool -L '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14.10/lib/python3.14/lib-dynload/_ctypes.cpython-314-darwin.so' /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14.10/lib/python3.14/lib-dynload/_ctypes.cpython-314-darwin.so (architecture x86_64): /usr/lib/libffi.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 40.0.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1356.0.0) /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.14.10/lib/python3.14/lib-dynload/_ctypes.cpython-314-darwin.so (architecture arm64): /usr/lib/libffi.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 40.0.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1356.0.0) -- Ned Deily [email protected] -- [] _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/pythonmac-sig.python.org Member address: [email protected]
