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> Subject: Re: [Fink-users] problem installing scipy-py27
> Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:06:28 -0500
> From: Shaun Cutts <[email protected]>
> 

> I do have some mathematical routines installed in /usr/lib ... I have
> used a convex optimization package, for instance, which required
> installing some other math libraries... but ... hopefully this isn't a
> mortal sin :)  Is there a way to better diagnose what is going on and/or
> to tell fink to use only its versions of math libraries?

It's not exactly a mortal sin, but it can cause problems.

The way the linker in OS X is designed, it is extremely difficult if not 
impossible to hide things in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib from the search paths 
used to locate libraries and headers (and presumably python-ish stuff as well). 
 This is why fink chose to do its own installs in a separate location, and its 
also why we recommend against installing non-fink software in those locations.

You say you have things in /usr/lib rather than /usr/local/lib?  That makes 
this very difficult... If your only non-fink third party software was in 
/usr/local/lib, we could simply tell you to try "mv /usr/local/lib 
/usr/local/lib.bak; fink install foo; mv /usr/local/lib.bak /usr/local/lib".

However, you can't move /usr/lib out of the way like that, without breaking 
lots of stuff :(

  -- Dave


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