[SciPy-dev] setup/config problem with scipy svn

[Robert Kern]

John Hunter wrote:
>>>>>>"Andrew" == Andrew Straw <strawman at astraw.com> writes:
> 
> 
>     Andrew> I'm not sure it'll help (there may be a new problem, as
>     Andrew> you suggest), but I've found that numpy distutils is
>     Andrew> brittle when it comes to figuring out the right commands,
>     Andrew> thus I specify them explicitly:
> 
> Taking a stab in the dark after looking at older versions of setup.py,
> I modified
> 
>         setup( configuration=configuration )
> 
> to read
> 
>         setup( **configuration().todict() )
> 
> and was able to build.

Be sure your numpy is up-to-date, at least r2315.

http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/changeset/2315

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