[SciPy-user] Building on 64 bit machines

[Franco Saliola]

> >But I can't get new scipy to work. In
> >following the instructions on the Build New SciPy website,
> >
> >http://www.scipy.org/documentation/buildnewscipy.txt

Almost there. I am getting an error during the test.

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ERROR: test_asmatrix (scipy.base.matrix.test_matrix.test_properties)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Python-2.4.2-newSciPy/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/base/
tests/test_matrix.py", line 73, in test_asmatrix
    mA = asmatrix(A)
NameError: global name 'asmatrix' is not defined

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FAIL: test_basic (scipy.base.matrix.test_matrix.test_autocasting)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Python-2.4.2-newSciPy/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/base/
tests/test_matrix.py", line 87, in test_basic
    assert mB.dtype == float64
AssertionError

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Ran 1370 tests in 107.806s

Suggestions?

Thanks,
Franco

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