[Numpy-discussion] Silencing NumPy output

[Charles R Harris]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Frédéric Bastien <nouiz at nouiz.org> wrote:

> I found a line like this in the file:
>
> numpy/distutils/fcompiler/__init__.py
>
> I changed the -2 to 2, but it didn't change anything. In fact, this
> line wasn't called.
>
> The fct set_verbosity() is called only once, with the value of 0. The
> default value set at import. If I change that to 2 or -2, it do not
> change anything.
>
> I think that the problem is related to the exec_command as you told.
> It seam it call it in a way that don't take the stdout/stderr set in
> Python. So I can't redirect it. The problem is that is use os.system()
> and we can't redirect its stdout/stderr.
>
> What about replacing the os.system call to  subprocess.Popen? This
> would allow us to catch the stdout/stderr. We use this call in Theano
> and it is compatible with python 2.4.
>
>
Numpy 1.8 doesn't support python 2.4 in any case, so that isn't a problem ;)

Sure, give it a shot. Looks like subprocess.Popen was intended to replace
os.system in any case.

Chuck
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