diff --git a/plugins/python-build/README.md b/plugins/python-build/README.md index cff473c5..2757a37c 100644 --- a/plugins/python-build/README.md +++ b/plugins/python-build/README.md @@ -124,17 +124,15 @@ In MacOS, Homebrew is used to find dependency packages if `brew` is found on `PA Set `PYTHON_BUILD_SKIP_HOMEBREW` to avoid using it. ---- - -Homebrew is NOT used in Linux by default because it's rolling-release which causes a problem. -Upgrading a Python dependency in Homebrew to a new major version (that `brew` does without warning) -would break all Pyenv-managed installations that depend on it. -You can use a community plugin [fix-version](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki/Plugins#community-plugins) -to fix installations in such a case. - When Homebrew is used, its `include` and `lib` paths are added to compiler search path (the latter is also set as `rpath`), and also Python dependencies that are typically keg-only are searched for in the Homebrew installation and added individually. +**NOTE:** Homebrew is not used in Linux by default because it's rolling-release which causes a problem. +Upgrading a Python dependency in Homebrew to a new major version (that `brew` does without warning) +would break all Pyenv-managed installations that depend on it. +You can use a [community plugin `fix-version`](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki/Plugins#community-plugins) +to fix installations in such a case. + ##### Portage In FreeBSD, if `pkg` is on PATH, Ports are searched for some dependencies that Configure is known to not search for via `pkg-config`.