OK:
Downloaded latest (Friday, Dec 19: 1200 Pacific Time) egg and mpkg from
sourceforge:
egg:
* cleared out all previous installs and cleaned out easy_install.pth file.
* easy_install matplotlib-0.98.5.2-py2.5.egg
Whoo hoo! all works great!
* cleared it all out again...
* Installed the mpkg
I uploaded new OSX binary eggs and a mpkg file to the sourceforge
site. We have at least one more bugfix release to push out later, and
before I do that I'd really like to know if the current installers
resolve the known problems. If you have an OS X platfor to test on,
I'd like to hear from you