[SciPy-user] Running more than one applications using weave doesn't work well

[Joshua Menke]

I'm guessing no one knows the answer to this one, or it's too obvious? 
Should I post this on the dev list instead? It's a serious concern for me

thanks,

Josh


Joshua Menke wrote:

> I'm having problems when I run more than one app. using weave on the 
> same (dual-processor) computer. Both processes will often attempt to 
> create / delete / access the directories weave uses to store the 
> compiled code in at the same time, causing one of the applications to 
> fail. Is there a way to force weave to only use the local / current 
> directory for *all* its files? I know how to tell it which directory 
> to prefer using the PYTHONCOMPILED environment variables, but weave 
> still uses other directories for intermediate files (/tmp/%USER%/) and 
> also always tries to create and verify the default directory 
> ~/.python_compiled. Is there a way to force it NOT to use anywhere but 
> the current directory? Or is there another way to fix this problem? 
> I'd like to be able to use a cluster of dual-procs machines we have, 
> but the same problem would occur on the machines.
>
> In case you need more specific info on the most common error I see, it 
> happens when weave tries to verify a directory is writable. My first 
> application will create a dummy file then the second app will create 
> one, the first app will delete the dummy file, then the second app 
> will fail to delete the now non-existent dummy file, and the program 
> terminates on the uncaught exception.
>
> thanks,
>
> Josh
>


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Joshua Menke
NNML Lab
BYU CS
josh at cs.byu.edu