On 11/9/2011 2:00 PM, Arik Raffael Funke wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I managed to get matplotlib to compile and run on Python 3.2.2 on > Windows though at present there are two problems: > > 1. The linker is missing the "/MANIFEST" argument. This means that the > manifest files are not being created and somehow the module does not > link the dependencies properly. (Resulting in the problem I described in > my email earlier today.) Also linking breaks due to the missing manifest > files.
This is not a matplotlib specific issue. You are using Visual Studio 2010, which is not officially supported by Python distutils. > > I found that a (probably too specific) fix is to modify the function > "make_extension" in setupext.py: Changing the first line of the function to: > ext = Extension(*args, extra_link_args=['/MANIFEST'], **kwargs) > > I am sure however that the extra arguments must be set depending on the > compiler chosen - though I do not quite follow the workflow of setup.py... > > > 2. The file containing the visual studio static dependencies > (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/win32_static_vs.tar.gz) still has the > old tk and tcl versions. It would suffice to add tk85.lib and tcl85.lib > from a Python3 installation to the package. I recommend against using that package. It is better to build all dependencies with the same compiler and settings that will be used to build matplotlib. Up-to-date static libraries for the MS compilers supported by Python distutils are at <http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#matplotlib> Christoph > > Also, the existence of this package is very poorly advertised. It seems > to be mentionned only in the code of setupext.py. The wiki-page > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/installing.html makes no mention > of it in the setion "Installing from source". It suggests that it is > necessary to build each of the dependencies oneself. > > Apart from this, on the face of it matplotlib seems to work fine on > Python 3.2.2 on Windows. > > Many thanks!!! > Arik > > > On 09/11/2011 18:24, Michael Droettboom wrote: > > I just pressed the big green merge button... :) > > > > Master should now have all of the Python 3 portability changes. It's > > passing all tests, and running all examples, but I still wouldn't be > > surprised if some things broke in the process. Please kick the tires > > and report bugs. It would be helpful in the bug reports to know whether > > the bug is only on Python 2 or 3 or both, and whether it is a regression > > from matplotlib 1.1.x. > > > > Cheers, > > Mike > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > > Save $700 by Nov 18 > > Register now > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
