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diff --git a/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst b/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst index 0fb5a666d..baf8972cd 100644 --- a/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst +++ b/doc/source/dev/development_environment.rst @@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ test and use your changes (in ``.py`` files), by simply restarting the interpreter. Note that another way to do an inplace build visible outside the repo base dir -is with ``python setup.py develop``. This doesn't work for NumPy, because -NumPy builds don't use ``setuptools`` by default. ``python setupegg.py -develop`` will work though. +is with ``python setup.py develop``. The difference is that this instead of +adjusting ``PYTHONPATH``, this installs a ``.egg-link`` file into your +site-packages as well as adjusts ``easy-install.pth`` there, so its a more +permanent (and magical) operation. Other build options |