On Thursday, February 28, 2013 3:26:19 PM UTC-5, Phil Dobbin wrote: > On 28/02/2013 16:30, carljv wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I was wondering if it would be possible to add to the Build section of the > > Wiki (or somewhere else similarly official) instructions on how to build > > MacVim against non-system Python installs. Googling for this finds a lot of > > discussions, but much of the advice is conflicting, and none of it > > definitive. I've tried several different suggestions myself without > > success. It seems many people want to build against Homebrew versions of > > Python (personally, I'm trying to build against the AnacondaCE > > distribution; Enthought's EPD might be another candidate). > > > > > > Even if it's not possible to do this--some discussions indicate there's a > > bug in Python config files--that would still be good to know. > > > > In the past I've built against non System Pythons by passing this to > > configure: > > > > '--enable-pythoninterp --with-python-config-dir=/usr/lib/python2.7/config' > > > > replacing the above python-config-dir with the one relevant to your > > build. Just remember to leave off the trailing slash on the end of 'config' > > > > Cheers, > > > > Phil...
Thanks, Phil, but I don't think this works--at least not consistently. It certainly doesn't work for me. I've compiled several ways, such as straight from the Github source and via Homebrew, always with that compiler flag set. No go. (And the custom Python is first in PATH, i.e., `which python` is the one I want to link to.) If you google around, you'll see lots of advice to do what you suggest, but also lots saying that doesn't work. E.g., here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/vim_mac/aE0fmxGH4p8 Which seems to not have been responded to, but is also on SO here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7294554/vim-compiles-with-wrong-python-version-and-not-working-with-needed-version And it's also spurred an issue just the other week on the Homebrew github here: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/17908 With some solutions talking about fudging symlinks to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current (which I tried but still doesn't work for me--why I do that I get no Python available at all.) All in all, advice on this issue is all over the place, and I can't get any of it working for me. I thought it might be good to have some official instructions. They might not be foolproof, but folks could post their issues there, instead of bits of hacks and out-of-date advice and half-remembered folk-wisdom spread out all over the web. Thanks, -. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_mac" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
