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Update OSX Snow Leopard workaround docs.

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@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ To upgrade do::
$ easy_install -U pymongo
Mac OS Issues
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Mac OS Snow Leopard Issues
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By default OSX uses `/usr/bin/easy_install` for third party package installs.
This script is hardcoded to use a version of setuptools that is older than
the version required by pymongo for python2.7 support. You can work around
it like this::
In OSX 10.6.x this script is hardcoded to use a version of setuptools that is
older than the version required by PyMongo for python2.7 support. You can work
around it like this::
$ easy_install -U setuptools
$ python -m easy_install pymongo
@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ To upgrade do::
$ python -m easy_install -U pymongo
**Xcode 4 Users**: The Python versions shipped with OSX 10.6.x are universal
binaries. They support i386, PPC, and (in the case of python2.6) x86_64.
Xcode 4 removed support for PPC. Because of this the distutils version
shipped with Apple's builds of Python will fail to build the C extensions
if you have Xcode 4 installed. This issue may also affect some builds of
Python downloaded from python.org. There is a workaround::
**Snow Leopard Xcode 4 Users**: The Python versions shipped with OSX 10.6.x
are universal binaries. They support i386, PPC, and (in the case of python2.6)
x86_64. Since Xcode 4 removed support for PPC the distutils version shipped
with Apple's builds of Python will fail to build the C extensions if you have
Xcode 4 installed. This issue may also affect some builds of Python downloaded
from python.org. There is a workaround::
# For Apple-supplied Python2.6 (installed at /usr/bin/python2.6)
$ env ARCHFLAGS='-arch i386 -arch x86_64' python -m easy_install pymongo