From e76a6d56d222bf2c103c388b2be991eec88ab44e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ned Deily Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:34:34 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #25136: Add reference to 'xcode-select --install' to Mac README. --- Mac/README | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Mac/README b/Mac/README index d9622a612cb..6e08fdcbe2f 100644 --- a/Mac/README +++ b/Mac/README @@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ OS X specific arguments to configure The optional argument specifies which OS X SDK should be used to perform the build. If xcodebuild is available and configured, this defaults to the Xcode default MacOS X SDK, otherwise ``/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.10.4u.sdk`` - if available or ``/`` if not. + if available or ``/`` if not. When building on OS X 10.5 or later, you can + specify ``/`` to use the installed system headers rather than an SDK. As of + OS X 10.9, you should install the optional system headers from the Command + Line Tools component using ``xcode-select``:: + + $ sudo xcode-select --install See the section _`Building and using a universal binary of Python on Mac OS X` for more information.