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

[Robert Kern]

Ravikiran Rajagopal wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 May 2007 2:30:00 pm Robert Kern wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> I am trying to build numpy svn version from a couple of hours ago. I am 
> running python 2.5.1, cygwin updated on monday, self-built lapack 3.1.1 and 
> atlas 3.7.32. The error log is as follows:
> 
> $ python setup.py config --compiler=mingw32 build --compiler=mingw32

Try

  $ python setup.py config --compiler=mingw32 build_ext --compiler=mingw32 build

If that fails, go back to numpy 1.0.3. There have been some large changes in
numpy.distutils after the release that may be causing a problem. Dave Cooke, can
you take a look at this?

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
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