Re: [matplotlib-devel] Suggestion for setupext.py darwin changes

[Russell E. O. <ro...@uw...>]

In article <7A4...@gm...>,
 Ludwig Schwardt 
 <lud...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi Russell,
> 
> > At present all people buliding matplotlib on Mac OS X must edit 
> > setupext.py. I have modified setupext.py to make it work with Mac OS X 
> > ("darwin") for Apple's python, python.org (http://python.org) python and 
> > presumably Homebrew 
> > python (since that uses /usr/local).
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> I've never actually edited setupext.py in order to build matplotlib using 
> Apple's python, and it has never been a problem for me. I guess it's because 
> system python uses the standard include locations (unlike fink and macports).

I'm quite surprised it works. But my changes should not break that 
(unless your /usr/local contains anything that matplotlib needs and that 
is not compatible with Apple's python).

-- Russell