[SciPy-user] building and installing timeseries fails on Windows

[Tim Michelsen]

Hello,
following the (updated) instructions at:
http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/CompilingExtensionsOnWindowsWithMinGW

I tried to build a windows installer package and install the timeseries scikit
on a Windows XP computer with a recent MinGW.

It fails with the following message:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:temp\SVNcheckouts\timeseries>python setup.py bdist_wininst
running bdist_wininst
running build
running scons
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 42, in <module>
    setup_package()
  File "setup.py", line 36, in setup_package
    configuration = configuration,
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\core.py", line 184, in setup
    return old_setup(**new_attr)
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\core.py", line 151, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 994, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\python\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\bdist_wininst.py", line
37, in run
    _bdist_wininst.run(self)
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\command\bdist_wininst.py", line 107, in run
    self.run_command('build')
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 994, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\command\build.py", line 38,
in run
    self.run_command('scons')
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 993, in run_command
    cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 117, in ensure_finalized
    self.finalize_options()
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\command\scons.py", line 258,
in finalize_options
    force=self.force)
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\ccompiler.py", line 366, in
new_compiler
    compiler = klass(None, dry_run, force)
  File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\mingw32ccompiler.py", line
46, in __init__
    verbose,dry_run, force)
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\cygwinccompiler.py", line 84, in __init__
    get_versions()
  File "C:\python\lib\distutils\cygwinccompiler.py", line 424, in get_versions
    ld_version = StrictVersion(result.group(1))
  File ".\distutils\version.py", line 40, in __init__
  File ".\distutils\version.py", line 107, in parse
ValueError: invalid version number '2.18.50.20080109'

What can I do now?

Kind regards,
Timmie