[SciPy-dev] disutils related bug when building scipy via svn

[Robert Pickle]

hello,

i'm having some trouble building scipy from subversion. here's the 
relevant output:

  building library "statlib" sources
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "setup.py", line 92, in <module>
     setup_package()
   File "setup.py", line 84, in setup_package
     configuration=configuration )
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/distutils/core.py", line 
176, in setup
     return old_setup(**new_attr)
   File "distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
   File "distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_commands
   File "distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command
   File 
"/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/distutils/command/install.py", 
line 16, in run
     r = old_install.run(self)
   File "distutils/command/install.py", line 506, in run
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
     del help[cmd]
   File "distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command
   File "distutils/command/build.py", line 113, in run
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
     del help[cmd]
   File "distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command
   File 
"/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", 
line 130, in run
     self.build_sources()
   File 
"/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", 
line 144, in build_sources
     self.check_extensions_list(self.extensions)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 316, 
in check_extensions_list
     (ext_name, build_info) = ext
TypeError: iteration over non-sequence

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i've tried looking elsewhere for this problem and all i've found is a 
discussion on pyrex/cython that doesn't really provide an actual solution.

anyone else come across this or know what i should do? this is well 
beyond my grasp.

thanks,
robert