[matplotlib-devel] building matplotlib with homebrew python and XQuartz 2.7.5

[lecture n. <mkp...@gm...>]

I'm trying to get matplotlib working with the following setup on OSX 10.9.3

rail:~ brew$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.8.2

rail:~ brew$ python --version
Python 2.7.6

 pip install git+git://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git (as of today at
11am PDT)

Problem 1:  couldn't find a freetype header -- googling supplied the fix:

 sudo ln -s /usr/X11/include/freetype2/freetype /usr/X11/include/.

per
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19697457/numpy-matplotlib-install-error-ftheader-h-no-such-file-or-directory

Problem 2: I'm getting a fatal syntax error in _macosx.m:

/usr/local/bin/gcc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic
-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/opt/sqlite/include -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv
-O3 -Wall
-DPY_ARRAY_UNIQUE_SYMBOL=MPL_matplotlib_backends__macosx_ARRAY_API
-DPYCXX_ISO_CPP_LIB=1
-I/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/core/include
-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include -I/usr/X11/include -I.
-Iextern/agg24/include -Iextern
-I/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.6/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7
-c src/_macosx.m -o build/temp.macosx-10.8-x86_64-2.7/src/_macosx.o

In file included from /usr/include/Availability.h:148:0,

                 from
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/4.8.2_1/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.2.0/4.8.2/include-fixed/math.h:46,

                 from
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Headers/CoreFoundation.h:19,

                 from
/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Headers/Foundation.h:6,

                 from
/System/Library/Frameworks/Cocoa.framework/Headers/Cocoa.h:12,

                 from src/_macosx.m:1:

/System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Headers/NSUserNotification.h:16:45:
error: expected ',' or '}' before '__attribute__'

     NSUserNotificationActivationTypeReplied NS_AVAILABLE(10_9, NA) = 3


thanks in advance for suggestions on how to proceed -- Phil