The solution to this problem (roll back binutils to the previous cygwin version or fix numpy) is here:
http://www.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/ticket/811 On Jun 9, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Chris Kees wrote: > Hi, > > I'm getting an assembler error "Error: suffix or operands invalid for > `fnstsw'" while trying to build numpy on cygwin (running under windows > XP running on vmware on a mac pro). I've tried the last two releases > of numpy and the svn version. Has anybody ever seen this before? > > -Chris > > tail end of 'python setup.py build' output: > > compile options: '-g -Ibuild/src.cygwin-1.5.25-i686-2.5/numpy/core/src > -Inumpy/core/include -Ibuild/src.cygwin-1.5.25-i686-2.5/numpy/core - > Inumpy/core/src -Inumpy/core/include -I/usr/include/python2.5 -I/usr/ > include/python2.5 -c' > gcc: build/src.cygwin-1.5.25-i686-2.5/numpy/core/src/umathmodule.c > In file included from numpy/core/src/umathmodule.c.src:2183: > numpy/core/src/ufuncobject.c: In function `_extract_pyvals': > numpy/core/src/ufuncobject.c:1164: warning: int format, long int arg > (arg 4) > numpy/core/src/ufuncobject.c:1164: warning: int format, long int arg > (arg 5) > /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ADMINI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/cclP4Hfs.s: Assembler > messages: > /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/ADMINI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/cclP4Hfs.s:72160: Error: > suffix or operands invalid for `fnstsw' _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion