[SciPy-dev] Make numpy.distutils work with python 2.5 + cygwin

[Robert Kern]

Ravikiran Rajagopal wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 May 2007 1:51:13 pm Robert Kern wrote:
>> --compiler=mingw32
>>                ^
> 
> Apologies. That was a typo in my email. I had tried it with 
>   --compiler=mingw32
> as well as
>   --compiler=cygwin
> with identical results. The problem still remains. In fact, after creating a 
> distutils.cfg file with
> 
> [build]
> compiler=mingw32
> 
> I can compile other extensions and load them with
>      python setup.py build
> but numpy fails.

Can you copy-and-paste the full output? We can't tell what's wrong from your
description. Also, which version of numpy are you trying to build?

-- 
Robert Kern

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 an underlying truth."
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