Ned Deily wrote:
In article <4b43d659.4090...@noaa.gov>,
Christopher Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote:
Another poster on the numpy list has been bitten by the "must have the
system python" issue with the binary installer, meaning the python.org
build.
1) I thought I provided a patch a good while ago to update that message
-- did that get lost in the shuffle?
Sorry, could you refresh my memory what that issue is?
The issue is the mpkgs (build with bdist_mpkg) designed for the
python.org python give a coonfusing error message when you try to
install them without that python present. It says somethign like:
"This package requires the system python"
Clearly, people usually think the "system" python is the one Apple
provided, so confusion results.
It should say something like:
"this package requires the binary python version x.x from python.org"
I'm pretty sure I worked out a patch for that a good while ago, but
maybe not - I did look recently, and it's not as easy as you might think
-- that message is somewhat auto-generated.
-Chris
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