[Numpy-discussion] What does "Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from ... " mean ?

[David Cournapeau]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 4:02 AM, Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Please provide the full error message with some context.
>

For example, in scipy/sparse: python setup.py config gives

Appending sparse.linalg.isolve configuration to sparse.linalg
Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from 'sparse.linalg' to 'sparse.linalg.isolve')
/Users/david/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/numpy/distutils/system_info.py:414:
UserWarning:
    UMFPACK sparse solver (http://www.cise.ufl.edu/research/sparse/umfpack/)
    not found. Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the
    numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [umfpack]) or by setting
    the UMFPACK environment variable.
  warnings.warn(self.notfounderror.__doc__)
Appending sparse.linalg.dsolve.umfpack configuration to sparse.linalg.dsolve
Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from 'sparse.linalg.dsolve' to
'sparse.linalg.dsolve.umfpack')
Appending sparse.linalg.dsolve configuration to sparse.linalg
Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from 'sparse.linalg' to 'sparse.linalg.dsolve')
Appending sparse.linalg.eigen.arpack configuration to sparse.linalg.eigen
Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from 'sparse.linalg.eigen' to
'sparse.linalg.eigen.arpack')
Appending sparse.linalg.eigen.lobpcg configuration to sparse.linalg.eigen
Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from 'sparse.linalg.eigen' to
'sparse.linalg.eigen.lobpcg')
Appending sparse.linalg.eigen configuration to sparse.linalg
Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from 'sparse.linalg' to 'sparse.linalg.eigen')
Appending sparse.linalg configuration to sparse
Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from 'sparse' to 'sparse.linalg')
Appending sparse.sparsetools configuration to sparse
Ignoring attempt to set 'name' (from 'sparse' to 'sparse.sparsetools')
running config

thanks,

David