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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 | 5ea9683a2665a8e6c50c4d938bad6d1278d24969 (patch) | |
| tree | 65939753e6d75a604ff8cac617f972b75f69be83 /share | |
| parent | 11b25fce66287d00c33cd6450a8e72fd7a8557c9 (diff) | |
| download | homebrew-5ea9683a2665a8e6c50c4d938bad6d1278d24969.tar.bz2 | |
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` |