Re: [matplotlib-devel] MinGW/Win32 Release Build Scripts

[Charlie M. <cw...@gm...>]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:25 AM, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:06 AM, John Hunter <jd...@gm...> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Charlie Moad <cw...@gm...> wrote:
>>> Another note.  I ran into problems when trying to create the build in
>>> a directory that had spaces.  (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\....).
>>> Try running everything in a top level dir.
>>
>> That's not it -- I avoid spaces like the plague.
>>
>> I am now getting a "cannot exec 'cc1plus'" error when I try and build
>> mpl itself (zlib, png, freetype and tcltl built fine).  I can do::
>>
>>  > gcc --version
>>
>> but not::
>>
>>  > g++ --version
>>
>> Did you install something extra for g++ -- I installed mingw 5.1.4,
>> MSYS and wget as instructed....)
>
> Never mind -- just reran the mingw-5.1.4.exe installer and it prompted
> me for additional compilers.  I selected g++ and now I have it

You found it.  That's probably worth adding to the readme as well as
the "spaces in build path" issue.  I think I did add some comments
after testing, btw.