[Numpy-discussion] X11 system info

[Robert Kern]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 03:58, Pauli Virtanen <pav at iki.fi> wrote:
> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:55:28 +0200, Ralf Gommers wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Darren Dale <dsdale24 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> In numpy.distutils.system info:
>>>
>>>    default_x11_lib_dirs = libpaths(['/usr/X11R6/lib','/usr/X11/lib',
>>>                                     '/usr/lib'], platform_bits)
>>>    default_x11_include_dirs = ['/usr/X11R6/include','/usr/X11/include',
>>>                                '/usr/include']
>>>
>>> These defaults won't work on the forthcoming Ubuntu 11.10, which
>>> installs X into /usr/lib/X11 and /usr/include/X11.
>
> Did you check that some compilation fails because of this?

Enthought's Enable will probably fail. It uses the system_info
infrastructure to find the X11 headers and libraries. It has
perennially been fragile to build because of the unexpected variation
in locations.

-- 
Robert Kern

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