[patch] faq: building on os/x

Hi,

the instructions for building cvs2svn on os/x seem to be incorrect.
The reason is that the python2.6 configure options
 --enable-shared and --enable-framework
are mutually exclusive. See http://bugs.python.org/issue5809.

I have made a patch for the FAQ. Please consider applying it.

I tested the revised procedure on 10.5.7 (intel) and it worked fine.
I built gdbm-1.8.3 and Python-2.6.2, with the system compiler (gcc-4.0.1).

If I try to build the way currently stated in the FAQ, I get build
failures. I can send logs of that if you wish but it's the same error
as shown in #5809 above.

It may also be of interest to FAQ readers to know that neither the
prebuilt python 2.6 from python.org nor from activestate can help with
this issue - you really do have to build from source.

Cheers
Vince

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     <li>Type <code>./configure --enable-framework
-    --enable-universalsdk --enable-shared</code> in the top-level
+    --enable-universalsdk</code> in the top-level
     Python2.6 directory.  This will configure the installation of
     python as a shared OS X framework, and usable with OS X GUI
-    frameworks and SDKs.  By default, python will be installed in
+    frameworks and SDKs. You may have problems building if you don't
+    have the SDKs that support the PPC platform. If you do, just
+    specify <code>--disable-universalsdk</code>.
+    By default, python will be installed in
     "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework", which is what we
     want.</li>