The error happens because of the *.rst files under doc/examples that are not in sync with examples/*.py. Removing that directory (doc/examples) will solve the problem (the directory will be repopulated when you run make.py again). Here is a related link.
http://old.nabble.com/python-make.py-html-failure-tt26894350.html Maybe we need something like "python make.py clean"? Regards, -JJ On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Eric Firing <efir...@hawaii.edu> wrote: > I wanted to make a small fix to the contour docstring, and test it > before committing, so I tried building the docs from scratch. It fails > with the last part of the traceback being: > > File > "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py", > line 414, in plot_directive > options, state_machine) > File > "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/matplotlib/sphinxext/plot_directive.py", > line 337, in _plot_directive > shutil.copyfile(plot_path, os.path.join(destdir, fname)) > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/shutil.py", line 52, in copyfile > fsrc = open(src, 'rb') > IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: > u'/home/efiring/programs/py/mpl/mpl_trunk/doc/mpl_examples/axes_grid/demo_fixed_size_axes.py' > > /usr/lib/python2.6/shutil.py(52)copyfile() > -> fsrc = open(src, 'rb') > > I suspect the problem is that doc/examples/axes_grid has many .rst files > for .py scripts that are no longer present, at least on my svn checkout. > I have a demo_fixed_size_axes.pyc sitting around, but no corresponding > .py, again indicating that the .py was removed from svn. > > Is there some step I am missing, or is there a need to remove from the > svn tree those .rst files that lack corresponding .py? > > Eric > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel