[Numpy-discussion] failure building numpy using icc

[Robert Kern]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Glen W. Mabey <Glen.Mabey@swri.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  I'm using svn numpy and get the following error upon executing
>
>   /usr/local/bin/python2.5 setup.py config --noisy --cc=/opt/intel/cce/10.0.025/bin/icc --compiler=intel --fcompiler=intel build_clib build_ext
>
>  I see:
>
>  conv_template:> build/src.linux-x86_64-2.5/numpy/core/src/scalartypes.inc
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "setup.py", line 96, in <module>
>     setup_package()
>   File "setup.py", line 89, in setup_package
>     configuration=configuration )
>   File "/home/gmabey/src/DiamondBack/Diamondback/src/numpy-20080228_svn/numpy/distutils/core.py", line 184, in setup
>     return old_setup(**new_attr)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
>     dist.run_commands()
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_commands
>     self.run_command(cmd)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command
>     cmd_obj.run()
>   File "/home/gmabey/src/DiamondBack/Diamondback/src/numpy-20080228_svn/numpy/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 56, in run
>     self.run_command('build_src')
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
>     self.distribution.run_command(command)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command
>     cmd_obj.run()
>   File "/home/gmabey/src/DiamondBack/Diamondback/src/numpy-20080228_svn/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 130, in run
>     self.build_sources()
>   File "/home/gmabey/src/DiamondBack/Diamondback/src/numpy-20080228_svn/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 147, in build_sources
>     self.build_extension_sources(ext)
>   File "/home/gmabey/src/DiamondBack/Diamondback/src/numpy-20080228_svn/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 252, in build_extension_sources
>     sources = self.template_sources(sources, ext)
>   File "/home/gmabey/src/DiamondBack/Diamondback/src/numpy-20080228_svn/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 359, in template_sources
>     outstr = process_c_file(source)
>   File "/home/gmabey/src/DiamondBack/Diamondback/src/numpy-20080228_svn/numpy/distutils/conv_template.py", line 185, in process_file
>     % (sourcefile, process_str(''.join(lines))))
>   File "/home/gmabey/src/DiamondBack/Diamondback/src/numpy-20080228_svn/numpy/distutils/conv_template.py", line 150, in process_str
>     newstr[sub[0]:sub[1]], sub[4])
>   File "/home/gmabey/src/DiamondBack/Diamondback/src/numpy-20080228_svn/numpy/distutils/conv_template.py", line 117, in expand_sub
>     % (line, template_re.sub(namerepl, substr)))
>   File "/home/gmabey/src/DiamondBack/Diamondback/src/numpy-20080228_svn/numpy/distutils/conv_template.py", line 113, in namerepl
>     return names[name][thissub[0]]
>  KeyError: 'PREFIX'
>
>
>  And I do not see any errors when building the same svn version with gcc (on
>  a different machine).
>
>  I've unsuccessfully tried to follow that backtrace of functions to
>  figure out exactly what is going on.
>
>  Any hints/suggestions?

Off-hand, no, sorry. I'm not sure why the compiler would matter in
this part of the code, though. Can you try using gcc on the same
machine?

-- 
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."
  -- Umberto Eco