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@knirosha007 knirosha007 commented Nov 4, 2026

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Fixed the macOS build instructions by replacing the unsupported nproc command with sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu.

Added separate build commands for Unix and macOS to ensure the instructions work correctly across both platforms.

Closes #1959

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knirosha007 added 3 commits November 4, 2026 19:56
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Documentation build overview

📚 CPython devguide | 🛠️ Build #35645958 | 📁 Comparing 5f48b94 against latest (e4e90eb)

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Fix macOS build instruction #1963
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Comment thread getting-started/setup-building.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.. _setup-building:
.. _setup-building:

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Revert unrelated changes.

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Comment thread getting-started/setup-building.rst
in a particular build directory.

Once ``configure`` is done, you can then compile CPython with::
Once `configure` is done, you can then compile CPython with:

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Why the change to configure?

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@lokeshsahu2804-korba lokeshsahu2804-korba mentioned this pull request Nov 4, 2026
Bug: macOS build instructions use unavailable nproc command #1959
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