[PyQt] installing sip on os x with canopy

[Phil Thompson]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:13:34 -0500, Darren Dale <dsdale24 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Shahar Shani-Kadmiel
> <kadmiel at post.bgu.ac.il> wrote:
>> Hi, trying to install pyqt4 so I am installing sip first.
>>
>> I have  a canopy distribution of python with which I wish to use pyqt4.
>>
>> trying to run python configure.py yields:
> [...]
>> Creating sip module Makefile...
>> Error: SIP requires Python to be built as a framework
> 
> I would also like to ask if there are suggestions or possible
> workarounds. I would like to extend my project to use some GPU
> libraries that ship with Continuum IO's Anaconda distribution, which
> is apparently not available as a framework.

Unfortunately I can't remember why this condition was imposed. Try
removing the test in siputils.py and seeing what difference it makes.

Phil