I'm using the Python from the Miniconda installer with py35 released last week.
What does the python.org installer build for 10.6+ return for `distutils.util.get_platform()`? -Robert On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Ned Deily <n...@acm.org> wrote: > In article > <can4+e8gz4jrqfcbkwak4rkfkx-t15b_ghmath6raekhqkhx...@mail.gmail.com>, > Robert McGibbon <rmcgi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just tried to run `pip install numpy` on my OS X 10.10.3 box, and it > > proceeds to download and compile the tarball from PyPI from source (very > > slow). I see, however, that pre-compiled OS X wheel files are available > on > > PyPI for OS X 10.6 and later. > > > > Checking the code, it looks like pip is picking up the platform tag > through > > `distutils.util.get_platform()`, which returns 'macosx-10.5-x86_64' on > this > > machine. At root, I think this comes from the > MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5 > > entry in the Makefile at `python3.5/config-3.5m/Makefile`. I know that > this > > value is used by distutils compiling python extension modules -- > presumably > > so that they can be distributed to any target machine with OS X >=10.5 -- > > so that's good. But is this the right thing for pip to be using when > > checking whether a binary wheel is compatible? I see it mentioned > > <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0425/#id13> in PEP 425, so perhaps > > this was already hashed out on the list. > > Are you using an OS X Python installed from a python.org installer? If > so, be aware that there are two different OS X installers on Python.org > for each current release. One is intended for 10.5 systems, although it > will work on later OS X systems. The other is for 10.6 and later > systems. Unless you have a need to run on 10.5 or build something that > works on 10.5, download and use the 10.6+ installers instead. Then the > existing whls for products like Numpy should work just fine. > > -- > Ned Deily, > n...@acm.org > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig >
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