Public bug reported: This package does not build with python 2.7, and the following error occurs:
python setup.py configure --api=18 /usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'test_suite' warnings.warn(msg) ****************************************** Configure: Autodetecting HDF5 settings... Custom HDF5 dir: None Custom API level: (1, 8) Failed to compile HDF5 test program. Please check to make sure: * You have a C compiler installed * A development version of Python is installed (including header files) * A development version of HDF5 is installed (including header files) * If HDF5 is not in a default location, supply the argument --hdf5=<path> ****************************************** Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 541, in <module> test_suite = 'h5py.tests' File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "setup.py", line 239, in run config = detect.detect_hdf5(self.tempdir, **COMPILER_SETTINGS) File "/tmp/buildd/h5py-1.3.0/detect.py", line 12, in detect_hdf5 from distutils.core import CompileError, LinkError ImportError: cannot import name CompileError make: *** [pre-build] Error 1 CompileError and LinkError objects are now in distutils.error ** Affects: h5py (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713681 Title: fix FTBFS issue with python 2.7 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs