Re: [matplotlib-devel] [PATCH] experimental numscons support in matplotlib

[David C. <da...@ar...>]

Andrew Straw wrote:
> David Cournapeau wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>>     I don't know if that's of any interest for matplotlib developers,
>> but I added scripts to build matplotlib with numscons:
>>
>> http://github.com/cournape/matplotlib/tree/scons_build
>>   
>>     
> OK, I managed to clone your repo -- I cloned mine, then added yours as a
> remote, fetched it, and pushed the results to a new branch on my github
> repo: http://github.com/astraw/matplotlib/tree/dev/cournapeau-scons-build
>   

Ok - I still don't understand why it does not work the usual way, though.

> But having done that, now I'm having trouble building. Calling with
> "python setupscons.py install", I get:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "setupscons.py", line 232, in <module>
>     setup_package()
>   File "setupscons.py", line 228, in setup_package
>     configuration=configuration)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy/distutils/core.py", line
> 150, in setup
>     config = configuration()
>   File "setupscons.py", line 197, in configuration
>     config.add_sconscript('SConstruct', package_path='lib/matplotlib')
> TypeError: add_sconscript() got an unexpected keyword argument
> 'package_path'
>
> What version of numpy do I need for this?

You need a very recent one (a few days old): the package_path was added
for matplotlib, as it uses a slightly unusual source. organization,

cheers,

David