FWIW -- this is what the Ubuntu package diff does to setupext.py. We may want to do the same:
+@@ -960,6 +960,9 @@ def add_tk_flags(module): + if not os.path.exists(tk_inc): + tk_inc = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(tk_lib_dir, + '../../include')) ++ if not os.path.exists(tk_inc): ++ tk_inc = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(tk_lib_dir, ++ '../../../include/tcl' + tk_ver)) + + if ((not os.path.exists(os.path.join(tk_inc,'tk.h'))) and + os.path.exists(os.path.join(tcl_inc,'tk.h'))): + For more info, see here: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/matplotlib/0.91.2-0ubuntu1 Cheers, Mike Fernando Perez wrote: > Hi all, > > just a heads up: current MPL from SVN won't build the Tk backend on an > ubuntu hardy installation (32 bit) because the location of certain > paths seems to have changed. I got it down to this snippet: > > import Tkinter > tk = Tkinter.Tk() > tk.withdraw() > print tk.getvar('tcl_library') > > On a gutsy box I get: > /usr/lib/tcl8.4 > > but hardy now reports: > /usr/share/tcltk/tcl8.4 > > This seems to foul up the path handling code in add_tk_flags(), so in > the end the created extension module object (in check_for_tk) ends up > with: > > In [21]: module.include_dirs > Out[21]: ['/usr/share/include', '/usr/share/include'] > > This obviously means that the headers for Tk aren't found, since they > live in /usr/include: > > /usr/include/tcl8.4/tk.h > > The code for this path detection is obviously rather convoluted and > brittle, since there seems to be no clear API provided by Tk for this > information, unfortunately. This could be a Hardy bug, for all I know. > I just wanted to let you guys know, for now I'll brute-force patch my > local copy so I can build. > > Cheers, > > f > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
