[Pytables-users] trivial bug in setup.py?

[Nils B. <n.b...@am...>]

Hi,

I just tried to install pytables 2.2.1 from source;

I did python setup.py build_ext --inplace --hdf5=python setup.py install
--hdf5=~/lib/hdf5/ --lflags="-Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker ~/lib/hdf5/lib
then, python setup.py install

tests ran successfully when started from the root directory of the
distributed tarball, but not from my python install; in fact "import
tables" failed after install, with a message about a missing symbol in
linkExtension.so.

I checked setup.py, and found a place where it says
CFLAGS.append("-DH5_USE_16_API") in the case of using hdf5 1.8 (as in my
case) When changing this to CFLAGS.append("-DH5_USE_18_API") I am able
to install and import tables.

Is this a bug in setup.py?

N.