On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Andy Somogyi <somog...@umail.iu.edu> wrote: > Why do you need to download and build png, zlib, freetype? I build matplotlib > semi-regularly on 10.6.8 using the built in libraries and it works perfectly > fine. I built with both gcc 4.2 / 4.6 and llvm and all work fine. I use > official Python 2.7.2 from python.org. Note, I have never tried building a > universal binary, PPC is dead.
We do this for the binaries we distribute on windows and OSX because we find there is so much variation in the wild (eg on OSX where did libpng come from, what version) that it is safer and more robust to link these in statically. JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
