Hi Carl, I installed Python 2.7.6 64 bits on a windows server instance from rackspace cloud and then ran get-pip.py and then could successfully install the numpy and scipy wheel packages from your google drive folder. I tested dot products and scipy.linalg.svd and they work as expected.
Then I uncompressed your mingw toolchain in c:\mingw, put c:\mingw\bin in my PATH and tried to build the scikit-learn git master with it, however it fails with: building 'sklearn.__check_build._check_build' extension compiling C sources C compiler: gcc -DMS_WIN64 -O2 -msse -msse2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes compile options: '-D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x0900 -Ic:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -Ic:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -Ic:\Python2 7\include -Ic:\Python27\PC -c' gcc -DMS_WIN64 -O2 -msse -msse2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x0900 -Ic:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -Ic:\Python27\lib\site- packages\numpy\core\include -Ic:\Python27\include -Ic:\Python27\PC -c sklearn\__check_build\_check_build.c -o build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sklearn\__check_b uild\_check_build.o Found executable c:\mingw\bin\gcc.exe gcc -shared -Wl,-gc-sections -Wl,-s build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sklearn\__check_build\_check_build.o -Lc:\Python27\libs -Lc:\Python27\PCbuild\amd64 -Lbuild \temp.win-amd64-2.7 -lpython27 -lmsvcr90 -o build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\sklearn\__check_build\_check_build.pyd build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sklearn\__check_build\_check_build.o:_check_build.c:(.text+0x3): undefined reference to `__imp__Py_NoneStruct' build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sklearn\__check_build\_check_build.o:_check_build.c:(.text+0x1ca): undefined reference to `__imp__PyThreadState_Current' build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sklearn\__check_build\_check_build.o:_check_build.c:(.text+0x405): undefined reference to `__imp_PyExc_ImportError' c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.8.2/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sklearn\__check_build\_check_build. o: bad reloc address 0x0 in section `.data' collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status error: Command "gcc -shared -Wl,-gc-sections -Wl,-s build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sklearn\__check_build\_check_build.o -Lc:\Python27\libs -Lc:\Python27\PCbui ld\amd64 -Lbuild\temp.win-amd64-2.7 -lpython27 -lmsvcr90 -o build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\sklearn\__check_build\_check_build.pyd" failed with exit status 1 Furthermore, when I try to introspect the blas information on this box I get: In [1]: import scipy C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\__init__.py:6: Warning: Numpy 64bit experimental build with Mingw-w64 and OpenBlas. Use with care. from . import multiarray OpenBLAS : Your OS does not support AVX instructions. OpenBLAS is using Barcelona kernels as a fallback, which may give poorer performance. In [2]: scipy.show_config() umfpack_info: NOT AVAILABLE lapack_opt_info: libraries = ['openblas', 'openblas'] library_dirs = ['D:/devel/mingw64static/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib'] language = f77 blas_opt_info: libraries = ['openblas', 'openblas'] library_dirs = ['D:/devel/mingw64static/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib'] language = f77 openblas_info: libraries = ['openblas', 'openblas'] library_dirs = ['D:/devel/mingw64static/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib'] language = f77 blas_mkl_info: NOT AVAILABLE In [3]: from numpy.distutils.system_info import get_info In [4]: get_info('blas_opt') C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:576: UserWarning: Specified path D:/devel/mingw64static/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib is invalid. warnings.warn('Specified path %s is invalid.' % d) C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1522: UserWarning: Atlas (http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/) libraries not found. Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [atlas]) or by setting the ATLAS environment variable. warnings.warn(AtlasNotFoundError.__doc__) C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1531: UserWarning: Blas (http://www.netlib.org/blas/) libraries not found. Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [blas]) or by setting the BLAS environment variable. warnings.warn(BlasNotFoundError.__doc__) C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1534: UserWarning: Blas (http://www.netlib.org/blas/) sources not found. Directories to search for the sources can be specified in the numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [blas_src]) or by setting the BLAS_SRC environment variable. warnings.warn(BlasSrcNotFoundError.__doc__) Out[4]: {} Would it make sense to embed the blas and lapack header files as part of this numpy wheel and make numpy.distutils.system_info return the lib and include folder pointing to the embedded libopenblas.dll and header files so has to make third party libraries directly buildable against those? -- Olivier _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion