[Numpy-discussion] C-compiler options

[Ralf Gommers]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Dan Yamins <dyamins at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi:
> I'm trying to build numpy with python27, 64-bit, on OSX 10.5.8.
> When I run  python setup.py build,   only 32-bit binaries get built.   I can
> see what is happening is that not 64-bit flags are getting passed to the c
> compiler (I don't know about the fortran compiler.
> So I have two questions;
> 1) Shouldn't the system be determining that 64-bit nature automatically?

Yes, it should. This was fixed a couple of days ago in
commit:435c7262592e94c8519f (master) and commit:8346ba04a5c574441304
(1.5.x). I guess you used an older revision, can you please update and
try again?

> I've used the same build process on the same machine (in what I thought were
> identical situations, apparently not) a number of times in the past, and it
> has always built correctly as 64 bit.   I never needed to set compiler
> options.
> 2) How do I set  C compiler options for the numpy build process?

That shouldn't be necessary.

Cheers,
Ralf