[Matplotlib-users] Compiling MPL 0.87.6 on Solaris with Sun Studio

[Michael C. M. <mi...@fa...>]

Hello all.  I'm a long time MATLAB user and relatively new Python user who
has decided to take the plunge and try MPL.  My workstation is an Ultra 60
running Solaris 10 (6/06) with Sun Studio 11.  I have compiled and installed
Python 2.5, numpy1.0rc3 and scipy 0.5.1 all with the Sun compilers.  I would
like to install MPL with the TkAgg frontend, and compile it with the Sun
compiler.

So far, it doesn't work.  I have the following environment variables in my
.profile pointing to the Sun compilers:
export CC=/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc
export CXX=/opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC
but MPL tries to always compile with the C compiler!  I try tricking it by
pointing the CC variable to the CXX path.  This works, at first.  The output
follows.  I read this as meaning that there are two problems: one is that
MPL doesn't have an understanding of separate executibles for C and C++, and
the other is that there is some sort of incompatibility between Sun's C++
compiler and SWIG.  Are there any Sun people out there that have some
thoughts (or success stories they can share?)

Thanks in advance,
Mike M.

bash-3.00$ python setup.py build
GTK requires pygtk
GTKAgg requires pygtk
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building 'matplotlib._agg' extension
C compiler: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC -DNDEBUG -O -xcode=pic32

compile options: '-Iagg23/include -Isrc -Iswig
-I/usr/local/include/python2.5 -c'
CC: agg23/src/agg_trans_affine.cpp
CC: agg23/src/agg_vcgen_stroke.cpp
CC: agg23/src/agg_vcgen_dash.cpp
CC: agg23/src/agg_rasterizer_scanline_aa.cpp
CC: agg23/src/agg_path_storage.cpp
CC: agg23/src/agg_curves.cpp
CC: src/agg.cxx
"swig/agg_buffer.h", line 26: Warning: height hides agg::buffer::height.
"swig/agg_buffer.h", line 26: Warning: stride hides agg::buffer::stride.
 >> Signal 11:
    while processing src/agg.cxx at line 24137.
"swig/agg_buffer.h", line 26: Warning: height hides agg::buffer::height.
"swig/agg_buffer.h", line 26: Warning: stride hides agg::buffer::stride.
 >> Signal 11:
    while processing src/agg.cxx at line 24137.
error: Command "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC -DNDEBUG -O -xcode=pic32
-Iagg23/include -Isrc -Iswig -I/usr/local/include/python2.5 -c src/agg.cxx
-o build/temp.solaris-2.10-sun4u-2.5/src/agg.o" failed with exit status 1