[Numpy-discussion] Current SVN segfaults under VC7

[Tim Hochberg]

Fernando Perez wrote:

> Tim Hochberg wrote:
>
>> This did fix things...eventually. I removed the build directory and 
>> rebuilt. Numpy still bombed the interpreter, although in a new and 
>> less exciting way. I then did a clean checkout from svn and rebuilt. 
>> Same thing. Then I manally removed numpy from site-packages and 
>> reinstalled at which points things worked and all tests passed.
>>
>> So in addition to needing to remove the build directory, it appears 
>> that something was hanging out in the destination directory that did 
>> not get overwritten and caused problems.
>>
>> Perhaps this description will help the next person who runs into 
>> this, but probably not.
>
>
> Well, the script that I posted does precisely all of this in a 
> mindless fashion, 

So it does. I should have looked at that more closely.

> which is why I find it useful.  You may want to give it a try (it's 
> trivial, but it just ensures you don't forget these steps and end up 
> wasting any time chasing the problem).

Well, I'd probably have to rewrite it to get it work under windows. I 
may do that, although  'rm -rf' always scares me (even though it looks 
pretty safe here). Still, it would be nice if 'setup.py clean' and 
'setup.py install' did this automagically.

-tim

>
> Cheers,
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> f
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