the issue is that the files are executable. I have no idea why they are set that way either. This is numpy 1.3.0 built from source.
the default install location for setup.py install is the local dist-packages. So that's where it is. On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Keith Goodman<kwgood...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Chris Colbert<sccolb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> when I build numpy from source via: >> >> python setup.py build >> sudo python setup.py install >> >> >> the nosetests fail because of permissions: >> >> In [5]: np.test() >> Running unit tests for numpy >> NumPy version 1.3.0 >> NumPy is installed in /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/numpy >> Python version 2.6.2 (release26-maint, Apr 19 2009, 01:58:18) [GCC 4.3.3] >> nose version 0.10.4 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Ran 0 tests in 0.007s >> >> OK >> Out[5]: <nose.result.TextTestResult run=0 errors=0 failures=0> >> >> >> The problem I'm running into is I can't do a blanket chmod 664 *.py on >> the numpy directory because that breaks things. And since I don't >> which files are nosetests, it's very difficult to change by hand. >> >> Is there a workaround for this, or would it more appropriate for the >> numpy build script to set the permissions of the test file >> accordingly? > > Works for me. But my numpy is in the site-packages directory. Did you > move it to dist-packages? > >>> np.test() > Running unit tests for numpy > NumPy version 1.3.0 > NumPy is installed in /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/numpy > Python version 2.6.2 (release26-maint, Apr 19 2009, 01:58:18) [GCC 4.3.3] > nose version 0.11.1 > [snip] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ran 2030 tests in 5.033s > > OK (KNOWNFAIL=1, SKIP=11) > <nose.result.TextTestResult run=2030 errors=0 failures=0> > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion