[Matplotlib-users] Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] matplotlib OS-X binary problems.

[Chris Barker]

Bob Ippolito wrote:

> You have three options:
> - make sure the dylibs aren't sitting around in the same location as the 
> .a, and make sure the .a's path is preferred (you could make a local 
> dir, -L to it, symlink the archives in)

I'm going to give this a try.

> - change the setup.py relatively significantly and specify them as 
> object files with their full path

This strikes me as very non-portable. Ideally, I'd like to be able to 
easily re-do this whenever a new version comes out, and even have it be 
in the standard distro's setup.py

> - don't link statically and install the dylibs too, somehow (possibly by 
> building+installing them with 
> --prefix=/Library/Python/2.3/matplotlib/lib-dynload/ and -L to that when 
> linking.. note that this would require a bdist_mpkg subclass to make a 
> .pkg out of it)

This may be a good option, but then I'd need to figure out bdist_mpkg. I 
don't suppose you're volunteering?

By the way, how can I tell what a given lib I've just built is expecting 
to link against? I can do this with ldd on linux.

-Chris

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