Hi- This is probably a low-probability event, however it may be worth noting that the check for the Tk framework location in setupext.py's detect_tkinter_darwin examines possible framework paths in a different order than they are checked in Python's setup.py for the purpose of building _tkinter. Python's setup.py searches:
/Library/Frameworks /System/Library/Frameworks/ $HOME/Library/Frameworks MPL's setupext.py searches: $HOME/Library/Frameworks /Library/Frameworks /System/Library/Frameworks/ If a user has installed more than one new (non-Apple) Tcl/Tk, it is possible for MPL and _tkinter to link against different frameworks. I think MPL does some version checking that would prevent a build if there is a mismatch, but the source of the difficulty may not be obvious to the installer. The Snow Leopard Xcode man page for ld says the following about ld's framework searching: The default framework search path is /Library/Frameworks then /System/Library/Frameworks. It says nothing about searching under $HOME. So from the point of view of Xcode it looks like there is no "right" order between the two options, but MPL's looks "right" to me, i.e., if a user has installed something under $HOME, the user probably intends it to override the system. -Tom ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
