[SciPy-dev] Difficulties on OS X

[Tom Loredo]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to use the current CVS version of scipy with the
latest release of scipy_core on OS 10.3.9 with Python 2.4.
It appears that the installation is not using Apple's
ATLAS equivalent---e.g, it builds lapack_lite, and 
scipy.test() says:

****************************************************************
WARNING: cblas module is empty
-----------
See scipy/INSTALL.txt for troubleshooting.
Notes:
* If atlas library is not found by scipy/system_info.py,
  then scipy uses fblas instead of cblas.
****************************************************************
****************************************************************
WARNING: clapack module is empty
-----------
See scipy/INSTALL.txt for troubleshooting.
Notes:
* If atlas library is not found by scipy/system_info.py,
  then scipy uses flapack instead of clapack.
****************************************************************

There is also this strange behavior, where it complains
that fftpack isn't there, yet one can use it:

>>> import scipy
Failed to import fftpack
No module named fftpack
Failed to import signal
No module named fftpack
>>> scipy.fftpack.fft([0., 1., 0., -1., 0.])
array([ 0.        +0.j        ,  1.11803399-1.53884177j,
       -1.11803399+0.36327126j, -1.11803399-0.36327126j,
        1.11803399+1.53884177j])
>>> import scipy.fftpack
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/fftpack/__init__.py", 
line 10, in ?
    from scipy.basic.fftpack import fftshift, ifftshift, fftfreq
ImportError: No module named fftpack
>>> scipy.fftpack
<module 'scipy.basic.fft' from '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/
basic/fft.pyc'>
>>> scipy.signal
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'signal'
>>> import scipy.signal
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/signal/__init__.py", line 
12, in ?
    from signaltools import *
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/signal/signaltools.py", 
line 9, in ?
    from scipy.fftpack import fft, ifft, ifftshift, fft2, ifft2
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/fftpack/__init__.py", 
line 10, in ?
    from scipy.basic.fftpack import fftshift, ifftshift, fftfreq
ImportError: No module named fftpack


I don't know how this might affect other things.  E.g., when
I build matplotlib, it begins by importing scipy so these
complaints appear; I don't know mpl well enough to know if
the build is affected by the "failed" imports.

There is also this failed test:

FAIL: check_round (scipy.special.basic.test_basic.test_round)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/special/tests/
test_basic.py", line 1793, in check_round
    assert_array_equal(rnd,rndrl)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/test/testing.py", line 
733, in assert_array_equal
    assert cond,\
AssertionError: 
Arrays are not equal (mismatch 25.0%):
        Array 1: [10 10 10 11]
        Array 2: [10 10 11 11]


Any ideas on fixes would be greatly appreciated.  I'll be
teaching parts of scipy to a class in January and I need to
have a solid distribution for them to install on their laptops
soon.

-Tom


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