To compile on Mac OS X 10.12.4 and installing libffi with homebrew 1.1.13-142-g539881f51a, I had to specify the PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable manually.

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## Build Process
Same as on Linux - go to `micropython/unix` and run `make` (or `make -B` or `make clean; make` if rebuilding.
If installing libffi with homebrew, you might have to specify its location to pkgconfig
```
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/libffi/3.2.1/lib/pkgconfig/
```
## Running tests
Go to `micropython/tests` and run the test script `./run-tests`
The test script will look for the executable in `../unix/micropython` and will compare the output of the micropython executable to the locally installed version of Python3