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| author | Mike McQuaid | 2014-11-01 10:42:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Mike McQuaid | 2014-11-01 10:42:56 +0000 |
| commit | b3838675ecb7bb4f08c01ee8bdd4759c6fabcdec (patch) | |
| tree | a9a2cd2c1256fa360ad0b54e29112d5e67c8d780 /share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md | |
| parent | 992f40e119ef0117dd0f2aef445984c4684cb78a (diff) | |
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Homebrew-and-Python: explain about Python bottles.
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diff --git a/share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md b/share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md index 28fbbe7ef..ded8cdb5c 100644 --- a/share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md +++ b/share/doc/homebrew/Homebrew-and-Python.md @@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ Or if the import name is different to the module name: depends_on "MacFSEvents" => [:python, "fsevents"] +### Python bottles + +If the formula is installed from a bottle and `:python` is a required or `:recommended` dependency (not `:optional`) then it will use the Homebrew `python` formula as a dependency. This is because we cannot create a binary package that works against both versions of Python. If you wish to override this behaviour you can install using `--build-from-source` which will link against the system Python (if it's the first in your `PATH`). ### If the software provides a `setup.py` |