question about building from source on windows

Michael_Droettboom1 · August 1, 2007, 4:03pm

I'm going to summarize, just to make sure I have everything straight.

1) HEAD doesn't build (you get lots of "undefined reference to `_imp__FT_Done_FreeType'")
2) revision 3645 (yesterday before my setup.py changes), builds, but you got the float('inf') error (which is now fixed)
3) much earlier revisions (3608) have other issues (which seem to be related to out-of-date wxPython code)

I have just committed a possible fix for 1). You may want to try updating to HEAD and building that.

If that doesn't work for you, I'm worried about things getting out of hand and annoying a lot of people with my (well intentioned) setup.py changes yesterday. If that's the case, I will revert my build changes until I have a chance to sit in front of a Windows box and figure out what's really going wrong.

Apologies all around,
Mike

william ratcliff wrote:

···

3608 also runs into problems of linking with the freetype libraries. Some much older versions (say in the 3500s) compile, but still crash python2.5.1 with errors like:

C:\matplotlib\trunk\matplotlib\examples>c:\python25\python.exe embedding_in_wx4.
py
embedding_in_wx4.py:24: DeprecationWarning: The wxPython compatibility package i
s no longer automatically generated or actively maintained. Please switch to th
e wx package as soon as possible.
  from wxPython.wx import *

Thanks again for the help!

William

On 8/1/07, *John Hunter* <jdh2358@...287... <mailto:jdh2358@…287…> > > wrote:

    On 8/1/07, william ratcliff < william.ratcliff@...287... > <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>> wrote:
    > from matplotlib.mathtext import math_parse_s_ft2font
    > File
    > "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
    > line 1182, in <mo
    > >
    > class Vlist(List):
    > File
    > "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
    > line 1189, in Vli
    > st
    > def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional', l=float('inf')):
    > ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf

    It's not clear to me why you should be hitting mathtext at all, since
    the wxcursor_demo.py does not use it, as far as I can tell. Michael,
    would any of your earlier work caused him to get into mathtext
    inapproriately? You may need to revert a little farther, William, eg
    to r3608 while we get this sorted out.

    JDH

_william_ratcliff1 · August 1, 2007, 5:27pm

I run from the command line. Essentially, it just goes poof. There is no output–it generates an error report (as usual in windows)–but nothing pops out that I can understand…

Cheers,
William

···

On 8/1/07, Michael Droettboom <mdroe@…86…> wrote:

Do you get any output (e.g. a traceback) or it just goes poof? (You may
need to run it from the command line if you aren’t already).

Cheers,
Mike

william ratcliff wrote:

Now, it no longer gives rise to the previous error, but python crashes
when I run the embedding_in_wx4.py example.

William

On 8/1/07, John Hunter <jdh2358@…287… > > <mailto: > jdh2358@…287…>> wrote:
On 8/1/07, Michael Droettboom < mdroe@...86... > >     <mailto:mdroe@...86...>> wrote:
> >> "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
> >> line 1189, in Vli
> >> st
> >>     def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional', l=float('inf')):
> >> ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf

> I'm not opposed to importing mathtext on demand only, but that
would be new.

I see, it wasn't clear to me on my first look that the bug was
triggered at module load time.  I had assumed the bug was triggered by
*using* mathtext.  Since you seem to have found the fix (numpy.inf)
I'm happy to leave it as is.

JDH

_william_ratcliff1 · August 1, 2007, 5:27pm

Let me try this.

···

On 8/1/07, Michael Droettboom <mdroe@…86…> wrote:

I’m going to summarize, just to make sure I have everything straight.

HEAD doesn’t build (you get lots of “undefined reference to
`_imp__FT_Done_FreeType’”)

revision 3645 (yesterday before my setup.py changes), builds, but you
got the float(‘inf’) error (which is now fixed)

much earlier revisions (3608) have other issues (which seem to be
related to out-of-date wxPython code)

I have just committed a possible fix for 1). You may want to try

updating to HEAD and building that.

If that doesn’t work for you, I’m worried about things getting out of
hand and annoying a lot of people with my (well intentioned) setup.py
changes yesterday. If that’s the case, I will revert my build changes

until I have a chance to sit in front of a Windows box and figure out
what’s really going wrong.

Apologies all around,
Mike

william ratcliff wrote:

3608 also runs into problems of linking with the freetype libraries.

Some much older versions (say in the 3500s) compile, but still crash
python2.5.1 with errors like:

C:\matplotlib\trunk\matplotlib\examples>c:\python25\python.exe
embedding_in_wx4.

py
embedding_in_wx4.py:24: DeprecationWarning: The wxPython compatibility
package i
s no longer automatically generated or actively maintained. Please
switch to th
e wx package as soon as possible.
from wxPython.wx import *

Thanks again for the help!

William

On 8/1/07, John Hunter <jdh2358@…287… <mailto: > jdh2358@…287…> > > > wrote:
On 8/1/07, william ratcliff < william.ratcliff@...287... > >     <mailto: > william.ratcliff@...287...>> wrote:
>     from matplotlib.mathtext import math_parse_s_ft2font
>   File
> "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
> line 1182, in <mo
> >
>     class Vlist(List):
>   File
> "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
> line 1189, in Vli
> st
>     def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional', l=float('inf')):
> ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf

It's not clear to me why you should be hitting mathtext at all, since
the wxcursor_demo.py does not use it, as far as I can tell.  Michael,
would any of your earlier work caused him to get into mathtext
inapproriately?  You may need to revert a little farther, William, eg
to r3608 while we get this sorted out.

JDH

_william_ratcliff1 · August 1, 2007, 5:37pm

Ok–I reverted to head and it fixed the undefined references error and everything seems to build normally. But, if I try to run the embedding_in_wx4.py example, it crashes python 2.5.1

If I install from the .msi then things do work in python 2.5.1, so it must be something with the build.

I also tried to just start python from the command window, then ran:
import numpy as N
x=N.array([1,2,3])
from pylab import *
plot(x,x)
show()

The plot command generates a Line2D instance,

but the show() command kills python in the same way that the embedding example does. In the embedding example, I notice that the CanvasFrame is generated before the crash.

Cheers,
William

···

On 8/1/07, william ratcliff <william.ratcliff@…287…> wrote:

Let me try this.

On 8/1/07, Michael Droettboom < > mdroe@…86…> wrote:
I’m going to summarize, just to make sure I have everything straight.

HEAD doesn’t build (you get lots of “undefined reference to
`_imp__FT_Done_FreeType’”)

revision 3645 (yesterday before my setup.py changes), builds, but you
got the float(‘inf’) error (which is now fixed)

much earlier revisions (3608) have other issues (which seem to be
related to out-of-date wxPython code)

I have just committed a possible fix for 1). You may want to try

updating to HEAD and building that.

If that doesn’t work for you, I’m worried about things getting out of
hand and annoying a lot of people with my (well intentioned) setup.py
changes yesterday. If that’s the case, I will revert my build changes

until I have a chance to sit in front of a Windows box and figure out
what’s really going wrong.

Apologies all around,
Mike

william ratcliff wrote:

3608 also runs into problems of linking with the freetype libraries.

Some much older versions (say in the 3500s) compile, but still crash
python2.5.1 with errors like:

C:\matplotlib\trunk\matplotlib\examples>c:\python25\python.exe
embedding_in_wx4.

py
embedding_in_wx4.py:24: DeprecationWarning: The wxPython compatibility
package i
s no longer automatically generated or actively maintained. Please
switch to th
e wx package as soon as possible.
from wxPython.wx import *

Thanks again for the help!

William

On 8/1/07, John Hunter < > > jdh2358@…287… <mailto: > > jdh2358@…287…> > > > > wrote:
On 8/1/07, william ratcliff < william.ratcliff@...287... > >  > > >     <mailto: > > william.ratcliff@...287...>> wrote:
>     from matplotlib.mathtext import math_parse_s_ft2font
>   File
> "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
> line 1182, in <mo
> >
>     class Vlist(List):
>   File
> "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
> line 1189, in Vli
> st
>     def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional', l=float('inf')):
> ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf

It's not clear to me why you should be hitting mathtext at all, since
the wxcursor_demo.py does not use it, as far as I can tell.  Michael,
would any of your earlier work caused him to get into mathtext
inapproriately?  You may need to revert a little farther, William, eg
to r3608 while we get this sorted out.

JDH

_william_ratcliff1 · August 1, 2007, 5:48pm

I also looked at the log_bar.py example and found that it’s also at the pylab.show() command that it dies

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On 8/1/07, william ratcliff < william.ratcliff@…287…> wrote:

Ok–I reverted to head and it fixed the undefined references error and everything seems to build normally. But, if I try to run the embedding_in_wx4.py example, it crashes python 2.5.1

If I install from the .msi then things do work in python 2.5.1, so it must be something with the build.

I also tried to just start python from the command window, then ran:
import numpy as N
x=N.array([1,2,3])
from pylab import *
plot(x,x)
show()

The plot command generates a Line2D instance,

but the show() command kills python in the same way that the embedding example does. In the embedding example, I notice that the CanvasFrame is generated before the crash.

Cheers,
William

On 8/1/07, william ratcliff <william.ratcliff@…287… > > wrote:
Let me try this.

On 8/1/07, Michael Droettboom < > > > > mdroe@…86…> wrote:
I’m going to summarize, just to make sure I have everything straight.

HEAD doesn’t build (you get lots of “undefined reference to
`_imp__FT_Done_FreeType’”)

revision 3645 (yesterday before my setup.py changes), builds, but you
got the float(‘inf’) error (which is now fixed)

much earlier revisions (3608) have other issues (which seem to be
related to out-of-date wxPython code)

I have just committed a possible fix for 1). You may want to try

updating to HEAD and building that.

If that doesn’t work for you, I’m worried about things getting out of
hand and annoying a lot of people with my (well intentioned) setup.py
changes yesterday. If that’s the case, I will revert my build changes

until I have a chance to sit in front of a Windows box and figure out
what’s really going wrong.

Apologies all around,
Mike

william ratcliff wrote:

3608 also runs into problems of linking with the freetype libraries.

Some much older versions (say in the 3500s) compile, but still crash
python2.5.1 with errors like:

C:\matplotlib\trunk\matplotlib\examples>c:\python25\python.exe
embedding_in_wx4.

py
embedding_in_wx4.py:24: DeprecationWarning: The wxPython compatibility
package i
s no longer automatically generated or actively maintained. Please
switch to th
e wx package as soon as possible.
from wxPython.wx import *

Thanks again for the help!

William

On 8/1/07, John Hunter < > > > > > > jdh2358@…287… <mailto: > > > jdh2358@…287…> > > > > > wrote:
On 8/1/07, william ratcliff < william.ratcliff@...287... > > >  > > > >     <mailto: > > > william.ratcliff@...287...>> wrote:
>     from matplotlib.mathtext import math_parse_s_ft2font
>   File
> "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
> line 1182, in <mo
> >
>     class Vlist(List):
>   File
> "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
> line 1189, in Vli
> st
>     def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional', l=float('inf')):
> ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf

It's not clear to me why you should be hitting mathtext at all, since
the wxcursor_demo.py does not use it, as far as I can tell.  Michael,
would any of your earlier work caused him to get into mathtext
inapproriately?  You may need to revert a little farther, William, eg
to r3608 while we get this sorted out.

JDH

Michael_Droettboom1 · August 1, 2007, 5:50pm

william ratcliff wrote:

Ok--I reverted to head and it fixed the undefined references error and everything seems to build normally.

Well, that's partially good news...

But, if I try to run the embedding_in_wx4.py example, it crashes python 2.5.1

If I install from the .msi then things do work in python 2.5.1, so it must be something with the build.

Just to clarify, you mean the 0.90.1 installer downloaded from SourceForge?

I also tried to just start python from the command window, then ran:
import numpy as N
x=N.array([1,2,3])
from pylab import *
plot(x,x)
show()

The plot command generates a Line2D instance,
but the show() command kills python in the same way that the embedding example does. In the embedding example, I notice that the CanvasFrame is generated before the crash.

Does it also crash if you use the Agg backend alone and save to an image file?

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use("Agg")
from pylab import *
plot([1,2,3])
savefig("test.png")

Cheers,
Mike

···

On 8/1/07, *william ratcliff* <william.ratcliff@...287... > <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>> wrote:

    Let me try this.

    On 8/1/07, *Michael Droettboom* < mdroe@...86... > <mailto:mdroe@…86…>> wrote:

        I'm going to summarize, just to make sure I have everything
        straight.

        1) HEAD doesn't build (you get lots of "undefined reference to
        `_imp__FT_Done_FreeType'")
        2) revision 3645 (yesterday before my setup.py changes),
        builds, but you
        got the float('inf') error (which is now fixed)
        3) much earlier revisions (3608) have other issues (which seem
        to be
        related to out-of-date wxPython code)

        I have just committed a possible fix for 1). You may want to try
        updating to HEAD and building that.

        If that doesn't work for you, I'm worried about things getting
        out of
        hand and annoying a lot of people with my (well intentioned)
        setup.py
        changes yesterday. If that's the case, I will revert my build
        changes
        until I have a chance to sit in front of a Windows box and
        figure out
        what's really going wrong.

        Apologies all around,
        Mike

        william ratcliff wrote:
        > 3608 also runs into problems of linking with the freetype
        libraries.
        > Some much older versions (say in the 3500s) compile, but
        still crash
        > python2.5.1 with errors like:
        >
        > C:\matplotlib\trunk\matplotlib\examples>c:\python25\python.exe
        > embedding_in_wx4.
        > py
        > embedding_in_wx4.py:24: DeprecationWarning: The wxPython
        compatibility
        > package i
        > s no longer automatically generated or actively
        maintained. Please
        > switch to th
        > e wx package as soon as possible.
        > from wxPython.wx import *
        >
        > Thanks again for the help!
        >
        > William
        >
        > On 8/1/07, *John Hunter* < jdh2358@...287... > <mailto:jdh2358@…287…> <mailto: jdh2358@...287... > <mailto:jdh2358@…287…>> > > > wrote:
        >
        > On 8/1/07, william ratcliff < william.ratcliff@...287... > <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…> > > <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287... > <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>>> wrote:
        > > from matplotlib.mathtext import math_parse_s_ft2font
        > > File
        > > "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
        > > line 1182, in <mo
        > > >
        > > class Vlist(List):
        > > File
        > > "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
        > > line 1189, in Vli
        > > st
        > > def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional', l=float('inf')):
        > > ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf
        >
        > It's not clear to me why you should be hitting mathtext
        at all, since
        > the wxcursor_demo.py does not use it, as far as I can
        tell. Michael,
        > would any of your earlier work caused him to get into
        mathtext
        > inapproriately? You may need to revert a little farther,
        William, eg
        > to r3608 while we get this sorted out.
        >
        > JDH
        >

_william_ratcliff1 · August 1, 2007, 5:51pm

Yes. It crashes at the savefig line.

···

On 8/1/07, Michael Droettboom <mdroe@…86…> wrote:

william ratcliff wrote:

Ok–I reverted to head and it fixed the undefined references error and
everything seems to build normally.
Well, that’s partially good news…
But, if I try to run the embedding_in_wx4.py example, it crashes

python 2.5.1

If I install from the .msi then things do work in python 2.5.1, so it
must be something with the build.
Just to clarify, you mean the 0.90.1 installer downloaded from
SourceForge?

I also tried to just start python from the command window, then ran:
import numpy as N
x=N.array([1,2,3])
from pylab import *
plot(x,x)
show()

The plot command generates a Line2D instance,

but the show() command kills python in the same way that the embedding
example does. In the embedding example, I notice that the CanvasFrame
is generated before the crash.
Does it also crash if you use the Agg backend alone and save to an image

file?

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use(“Agg”)
from pylab import *
plot([1,2,3])
savefig(“test.png”)

Cheers,
Mike

On 8/1/07, william ratcliff < > william.ratcliff@…287… > > mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...> wrote:
Let me try this.

On 8/1/07, *Michael Droettboom* < mdroe@...86... > >     <mailto:mdroe@...86...>> wrote:

    I'm going to summarize, just to make sure I have everything

    straight.

    1) HEAD doesn't build (you get lots of "undefined reference to
    `_imp__FT_Done_FreeType'")
    2) revision 3645 (yesterday before my setup.py changes),
    builds, but you
    got the float('inf') error (which is now fixed)
    3) much earlier revisions (3608) have other issues (which seem
    to be

    related to out-of-date wxPython code)

    I have just committed a possible fix for 1).  You may want to try
    updating to HEAD and building that.

    If that doesn't work for you, I'm worried about things getting

    out of
    hand and annoying a lot of people with my (well intentioned)
    setup.py
    changes yesterday.  If that's the case, I will revert my build
    changes

    until I have a chance to sit in front of a Windows box and
    figure out
    what's really going wrong.

    Apologies all around,
    Mike

    william ratcliff wrote:
    > 3608 also runs into problems of linking with the freetype
    libraries.
    > Some much older versions (say in the 3500s) compile, but

    still crash
    > python2.5.1 with errors like:
    >
    > C:\matplotlib\trunk\matplotlib\examples>c:\python25\python.exe
    > embedding_in_wx4.

    > py
    > embedding_in_wx4.py:24: DeprecationWarning: The wxPython
    compatibility
    > package i
    > s no longer automatically generated or actively

    maintained.  Please
    > switch to th
    > e wx package as soon as possible.
    >   from wxPython.wx import *
    >
    > Thanks again for the help!

    >
    > William
    >
    > On 8/1/07, *John Hunter* < jdh2358@...287... > >         <mailto: > jdh2358@...287...> <mailto: jdh2358@...287... > >         <mailto:jdh2358@...287...>> > >         > > wrote:

    >
    >     On 8/1/07, william ratcliff < william.ratcliff@...287...
    <mailto:

william.ratcliff@…287…>

    >     <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...
    <mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...
wrote:
from matplotlib.mathtext import math_parse_s_ft2font
File
“c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py”,

    >     > line 1182, in <mo
    >     > >
    >     >     class Vlist(List):
    >     >   File
    >     > "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",

    >     > line 1189, in Vli
    >     > st
    >     >     def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional', l=float('inf')):
    >     > ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf

    >
    >     It's not clear to me why you should be hitting mathtext
    at all, since
    >     the wxcursor_demo.py does not use it, as far as I can
    tell.  Michael,

    >     would any of your earlier work caused him to get into
    mathtext
    >     inapproriately?  You may need to revert a little farther,
    William, eg
    >     to r3608 while we get this sorted out.

    >
    >     JDH
    >
    >

Michael_Droettboom1 · August 1, 2007, 6:12pm

It's probably something in C++ backend code for Agg. Maybe someone else on this list knows the last time it built and worked on Windows and can track down a change that may have broken it.

It will probably take some work with a debugger to figure out where it is crashing. I'd be completely guessing at this point. If you feel adventurous and can get a C backtrace out of the crash somehow, (does gdb work with mingw?), that could be useful. Barring that, maybe one of the other Windows folk on this list has some ideas.

Thanks for your considerable patience

Cheers,
Mike

william ratcliff wrote:

···

Yes. It crashes at the savefig line.

On 8/1/07, *Michael Droettboom* <mdroe@...86... > <mailto:mdroe@…86…>> wrote:

    william ratcliff wrote:
    > Ok--I reverted to head and it fixed the undefined references
    error and
    > everything seems to build normally.
    Well, that's partially good news...
    > But, if I try to run the embedding_in_wx4.py example, it crashes
    > python 2.5.1
    >
    > If I install from the .msi then things do work in python 2.5.1,
    so it
    > must be something with the build.
    Just to clarify, you mean the 0.90.1 installer downloaded from
    SourceForge?
    >
    > I also tried to just start python from the command window, then ran:
    > import numpy as N
    > x=N.array([1,2,3])
    > from pylab import *
    > plot(x,x)
    > show()
    >
    > The plot command generates a Line2D instance,
    > but the show() command kills python in the same way that the
    embedding
    > example does. In the embedding example, I notice that the
    CanvasFrame
    > is generated before the crash.
    Does it also crash if you use the Agg backend alone and save to an
    image
    file?

    import matplotlib
    matplotlib.use("Agg")
    from pylab import *
    plot([1,2,3])
    savefig("test.png")

    Cheers,
    Mike
    >
    > On 8/1/07, *william ratcliff* < william.ratcliff@...287... > <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…> > > <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287… > <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>>> wrote:
    >
    > Let me try this.
    >
    > On 8/1/07, *Michael Droettboom* < mdroe@...86... > <mailto:mdroe@…86…> > > <mailto:mdroe@…86…>> wrote:
    >
    > I'm going to summarize, just to make sure I have everything
    > straight.
    >
    > 1) HEAD doesn't build (you get lots of "undefined
    reference to
    > `_imp__FT_Done_FreeType'")
    > 2) revision 3645 (yesterday before my setup.py changes),
    > builds, but you
    > got the float('inf') error (which is now fixed)
    > 3) much earlier revisions (3608) have other issues
    (which seem
    > to be
    > related to out-of-date wxPython code)
    >
    > I have just committed a possible fix for 1). You may
    want to try
    > updating to HEAD and building that.
    >
    > If that doesn't work for you, I'm worried about things
    getting
    > out of
    > hand and annoying a lot of people with my (well intentioned)
    > setup.py
    > changes yesterday. If that's the case, I will revert my
    build
    > changes
    > until I have a chance to sit in front of a Windows box and
    > figure out
    > what's really going wrong.
    >
    > Apologies all around,
    > Mike
    >
    > william ratcliff wrote:
    > > 3608 also runs into problems of linking with the freetype
    > libraries.
    > > Some much older versions (say in the 3500s) compile, but
    > still crash
    > > python2.5.1 with errors like:
    > >
    C:\matplotlib\trunk\matplotlib\examples>c:\python25\python.exe
    > > embedding_in_wx4.
    > > py
    > > embedding_in_wx4.py:24: DeprecationWarning: The wxPython
    > compatibility
    > > package i
    > > s no longer automatically generated or actively
    > maintained. Please
    > > switch to th
    > > e wx package as soon as possible.
    > > from wxPython.wx import *
    > >
    > > Thanks again for the help!
    > >
    > > William
    > >
    > > On 8/1/07, *John Hunter* < jdh2358@...287...
    <mailto:jdh2358@…287…>
    > <mailto: jdh2358@...287... <mailto:jdh2358@...287...>>
    <mailto: jdh2358@...287... <mailto:jdh2358@...287...>
    > <mailto:jdh2358@…287…>>
    > > > wrote:
    > >
    > > On 8/1/07, william ratcliff <
    william.ratcliff@...287... <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>
    > <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...
    <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>>
    > > <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...
    <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>
    > <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…
    <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>>>> wrote:
    > > > from matplotlib.mathtext import
    math_parse_s_ft2font
    > > > File
    > > >
    "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
    > > > line 1182, in <mo
    > > > >
    > > > class Vlist(List):
    > > > File
    > > >
    "c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
    > > > line 1189, in Vli
    > > > st
    > > > def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional',
    l=float('inf')):
    > > > ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf
    > >
    > > It's not clear to me why you should be hitting
    mathtext
    > at all, since
    > > the wxcursor_demo.py does not use it, as far as I can
    > tell. Michael,
    > > would any of your earlier work caused him to get into
    > mathtext
    > > inapproriately? You may need to revert a little
    farther,
    > William, eg
    > > to r3608 while we get this sorted out.
    > >
    > > JDH
    > >
    >

_william_ratcliff1 · August 1, 2007, 6:28pm

No, thank you for trying so hard.

I just tried running setup.py with VERBOSE=True on a clean installation.
when it crashes I get:
LazyValue::init_type

does this mean anything to anyone?

William

···

On 8/1/07, Michael Droettboom <mdroe@…86…> wrote:

It’s probably something in C++ backend code for Agg. Maybe someone else
on this list knows the last time it built and worked on Windows and can
track down a change that may have broken it.

It will probably take some work with a debugger to figure out where it

is crashing. I’d be completely guessing at this point. If you feel
adventurous and can get a C backtrace out of the crash somehow, (does
gdb work with mingw?), that could be useful. Barring that, maybe one of

the other Windows folk on this list has some ideas.

Thanks for your considerable patience

Cheers,
Mike

william ratcliff wrote:

Yes. It crashes at the savefig line.

On 8/1/07, Michael Droettboom < > mdroe@…86… > > mailto:mdroe@...86...> wrote:
william ratcliff wrote:
> Ok--I reverted to head and it fixed the undefined references

error and
> everything seems to build normally.
Well, that's partially good news...
> But, if I try to run the embedding_in_wx4.py example, it crashes
> python 2.5.1
>
> If I install from the .msi then things do work in python 2.5.1,
so it
> must be something with the build.
Just to clarify, you mean the 0.90.1

installer downloaded from

SourceForge?
>
> I also tried to just start python from the command window, then ran:
> import numpy as N
> x=N.array([1,2,3])

> from pylab import *
> plot(x,x)
> show()
>
> The plot command generates a Line2D instance,
> but the show() command kills python in the same way that the

embedding
> example does.  In the embedding example, I notice that the
CanvasFrame
> is generated before the crash.
Does it also crash if you use the Agg backend alone and save to an

image
file?

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use("Agg")
from pylab import *
plot([1,2,3])
savefig("test.png")

Cheers,
Mike
>
> On 8/1/07, *william ratcliff* < william.ratcliff@...287...
<mailto:

william.ratcliff@…287…>

> <mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...
<mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...

wrote:

Let me try this.

On 8/1/07, *Michael Droettboom* < mdroe@...86... > >     <mailto: > mdroe@...86...> > >     >     <mailto:mdroe@...86... <mailto:mdroe@...86...>>> wrote:

>
>         I'm going to summarize, just to make sure I have everything
>         straight.
>
>         1) HEAD doesn't build (you get lots of "undefined

reference to
>         `_imp__FT_Done_FreeType'")
>         2) revision 3645 (yesterday before my setup.py changes),
>         builds, but you
>         got the float('inf') error (which is now fixed)

>         3) much earlier revisions (3608) have other issues
(which seem
>         to be
>         related to out-of-date wxPython code)
>
>         I have just committed a possible fix for 1).  You may

want to try
>         updating to HEAD and building that.
>
>         If that doesn't work for you, I'm worried about things
getting
>         out of

>         hand and annoying a lot of people with my (well intentioned)
>         setup.py
>         changes yesterday.  If that's the case, I will revert my
build

>         changes
>         until I have a chance to sit in front of a Windows box and
>         figure out
>         what's really going wrong.
>

>         Apologies all around,
>         Mike
>
>         william ratcliff wrote:
>         > 3608 also runs into problems of linking with the freetype

>         libraries.
>         > Some much older versions (say in the 3500s) compile, but
>         still crash
>         > python2.5.1 with errors like:

>         >
>         >
C:\matplotlib\trunk\matplotlib\examples>c:\python25\python.exe
>         > embedding_in_wx4.
>         > py
>         > embedding_in_wx4.py:24: DeprecationWarning: The wxPython

>         compatibility
>         > package i
>         > s no longer automatically generated or actively
>         maintained.  Please
>         > switch to th

>         > e wx package as soon as possible.
>         >   from wxPython.wx import *
>         >
>         > Thanks again for the help!
>         >

>         > William
>         >
>         > On 8/1/07, *John Hunter* < jdh2358@...287...
<mailto:

jdh2358@…287…>

>         <mailto: jdh2358@...287... <mailto:jdh2358@...287...>>
<mailto:

jdh2358@…287… mailto:jdh2358@...287...

>         <mailto:jdh2358@...287... <mailto:

jdh2358@…287…>>>

>         > > wrote:
>         >
>         >     On 8/1/07, william ratcliff <

william.ratcliff@…287… mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...

>         <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...

<mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...>>
>         >     <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...

<mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...>
>         <mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...

<mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...>>>> wrote:
>         >     >     from matplotlib.mathtext import
math_parse_s_ft2font

>         >     >   File
>         >     >
"c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
>         >     > line 1182, in <mo

>         >     > >
>         >     >     class Vlist(List):
>         >     >   File
>         >     >
"c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",

>         >     > line 1189, in Vli
>         >     > st
>         >     >     def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional',
l=float('inf')):

>         >     > ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf
>         >
>         >     It's not clear to me why you should be hitting
mathtext

>         at all, since
>         >     the wxcursor_demo.py does not use it, as far as I can
>         tell.  Michael,
>         >     would any of your earlier work caused him to get into

>         mathtext
>         >     inapproriately?  You may need to revert a little
farther,
>         William, eg
>         >     to r3608 while we get this sorted out.

>         >
>         >     JDH
>         >
>         >
>
>
>

_william_ratcliff1 · August 1, 2007, 6:34pm

This also occurs when I run
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use(“Agg”)
from pylab import *,
then it crashes with LazyValue::init_type

···

On 8/1/07, william ratcliff <william.ratcliff@…287…> wrote:

No, thank you for trying so hard.

I just tried running setup.py with VERBOSE=True on a clean installation.
when it crashes I get:
LazyValue::init_type

does this mean anything to anyone?

William

On 8/1/07, Michael Droettboom <mdroe@…86… > > wrote:

It’s probably something in C++ backend code for Agg. Maybe someone else
on this list knows the last time it built and worked on Windows and can
track down a change that may have broken it.

It will probably take some work with a debugger to figure out where it

is crashing. I’d be completely guessing at this point. If you feel
adventurous and can get a C backtrace out of the crash somehow, (does
gdb work with mingw?), that could be useful. Barring that, maybe one of

the other Windows folk on this list has some ideas.

Thanks for your considerable patience

Cheers,
Mike

william ratcliff wrote:

Yes. It crashes at the savefig line.

On 8/1/07, Michael Droettboom < > > mdroe@…86… > > > <mailto: > > mdroe@…86…>> wrote:
william ratcliff wrote:
> Ok--I reverted to head and it fixed the undefined references

error and
> everything seems to build normally.
Well, that's partially good news...
> But, if I try to run the embedding_in_wx4.py example, it crashes
> python 2.5.1
>
> If I install from the .msi then things do work in python 2.5.1,
so it
> must be something with the build.

Just to clarify, you mean the 0.90.1

installer downloaded from

SourceForge?
>
> I also tried to just start python from the command window, then ran:
> import numpy as N
> x=N.array([1,2,3])

> from pylab import *
> plot(x,x)
> show()
>
> The plot command generates a Line2D instance,
> but the show() command kills python in the same way that the

embedding
> example does.  In the embedding example, I notice that the
CanvasFrame
> is generated before the crash.
Does it also crash if you use the Agg backend alone and save to an

image
file?

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use("Agg")
from pylab import *
plot([1,2,3])
savefig("test.png")

Cheers,
Mike
>
> On 8/1/07, *william ratcliff* <

william.ratcliff@…287…

<mailto:

william.ratcliff@…287…>

> <mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...
<mailto:

william.ratcliff@…287…

wrote:

Let me try this.

On 8/1/07, *Michael Droettboom* <

mdroe@…86…

<mailto:

mdroe@…86…>

>     <mailto:

mdroe@…86… mailto:mdroe@...86...>> wrote:

>
>         I'm going to summarize, just to make sure I have everything
>         straight.
>
>         1) HEAD doesn't build (you get lots of "undefined

reference to
>         `_imp__FT_Done_FreeType'")
>         2) revision 3645 (yesterday before my setup.py changes),
>         builds, but you
>         got the float('inf') error (which is now fixed)

>         3) much earlier revisions (3608) have other issues
(which seem
>         to be
>         related to out-of-date wxPython code)
>
>         I have just committed a possible fix for 1).  You may

want to try
>         updating to HEAD and building that.
>
>         If that doesn't work for you, I'm worried about things
getting
>         out of

>         hand and annoying a lot of people with my (well intentioned)
>         setup.py
>         changes yesterday.  If that's the case, I will revert my
build

>         changes
>         until I have a chance to sit in front of a Windows box and
>         figure out
>         what's really going wrong.
>

>         Apologies all around,
>         Mike
>
>         william ratcliff wrote:
>         > 3608 also runs into problems of linking with the freetype

>         libraries.
>         > Some much older versions (say in the 3500s) compile, but
>         still crash
>         > python2.5.1 with errors like:

>         >
>         >
C:\matplotlib\trunk\matplotlib\examples>c:\python25\python.exe
>         > embedding_in_wx4.
>         > py
>         > embedding_in_wx4.py:24: DeprecationWarning: The wxPython

>         compatibility
>         > package i
>         > s no longer automatically generated or actively
>         maintained.  Please
>         > switch to th

>         > e wx package as soon as possible.
>         >   from wxPython.wx import *
>         >
>         > Thanks again for the help!
>         >

>         > William
>         >
>         > On 8/1/07, *John Hunter* <

jdh2358@…287…

<mailto:

jdh2358@…287…>

>         <mailto: jdh2358@...287... <mailto:

jdh2358@…287…>>

<mailto:

jdh2358@…287… mailto:jdh2358@...287...

>         <mailto:

jdh2358@…287… <mailto:
jdh2358@…287…>>>

>         > > wrote:
>         >
>         >     On 8/1/07, william ratcliff <

william.ratcliff@…287… mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...

>         <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...

<mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...>>
>         >     <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...

<mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...>
>         <mailto:

william.ratcliff@…287…

<mailto:william.ratcliff@...287...>>>> wrote:
>         >     >     from matplotlib.mathtext import
math_parse_s_ft2font

>         >     >   File
>         >     >
"c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
>         >     > line 1182, in <mo

>         >     > >
>         >     >     class Vlist(List):
>         >     >   File
>         >     >
"c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",

>         >     > line 1189, in Vli
>         >     > st
>         >     >     def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional',
l=float('inf')):

>         >     > ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf
>         >
>         >     It's not clear to me why you should be hitting
mathtext

>         at all, since
>         >     the wxcursor_demo.py does not use it, as far as I can
>         tell.  Michael,
>         >     would any of your earlier work caused him to get into

>         mathtext
>         >     inapproriately?  You may need to revert a little
farther,
>         William, eg
>         >     to r3608 while we get this sorted out.

>         >
>         >     JDH
>         >
>         >
>
>
>

Eric_Firing1 · August 1, 2007, 8:35pm

william ratcliff wrote:

This also occurs when I run
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use("Agg")
from pylab import *,
then it crashes with LazyValue::init_type

That's in the _transforms module. You might try with
matplotlib.use("Template") and see if it still crashes--not that I would know how to track down the problem in either case.

Eric

···

On 8/1/07, * william ratcliff* <william.ratcliff@...287... > <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>> wrote:

    No, thank you for trying so hard.

    I just tried running setup.py with VERBOSE=True on a clean installation.
    when it crashes I get:
    LazyValue::init_type

    does this mean anything to anyone?

    William

    On 8/1/07, *Michael Droettboom* <mdroe@...86... > <mailto:mdroe@…86…>> wrote:

        It's probably something in C++ backend code for Agg. Maybe
        someone else
        on this list knows the last time it built and worked on Windows
        and can
        track down a change that may have broken it.

        It will probably take some work with a debugger to figure out
        where it
        is crashing. I'd be completely guessing at this point. If you feel
        adventurous and can get a C backtrace out of the crash somehow,
        (does
        gdb work with mingw?), that could be useful. Barring that,
        maybe one of
        the other Windows folk on this list has some ideas.

        Thanks for your considerable patience

        Cheers,
        Mike

        william         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         cras         >         >         >         2.5.         >         >         >         >         >         >         window,         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         save         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         will         >         <         >         <         >         <         >         >         >         >         >         >         ever         >         >         >         >         >         >         chan         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         may<         >         >         >         >         thin         >         >         >         inte         >         >         revert         >         >         >         Windows         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         the         >         >         compile,         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         wxPy         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         <         >         >         <         <         >         <         >         <         <         >         >         >         >         <         <         <         >         <         >         <         >         <         >         <         >         <         >         <         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         far         >         >         to         >         >         litt         >         >         >         >         >         >         >         > ratcliff wrote:
Yes. It crashes at the savefig line.

On 8/1/07, *Michael Droettboom* < mdroe@...86... > <mailto:mdroe@…86…> > > <mailto: mdroe@...86... <mailto:mdroe@…86…>>> wrote:

william ratcliff wrote:
> Ok--I reverted to head and it fixed the undefined references
error and
> everything seems to build normally.
Well, that's partially good news...
> But, if I try to run the embedding_in_wx4.py example, it
hes
> python 2.5.1
>
> If I install from the .msi then things do work in python
1,
so it
> must be something with the build.
Just to clarify, you mean the 0.90.1 installer downloaded from
SourceForge?
>
> I also tried to just start python from the command
then ran:
> import numpy as N
> x=N.array([1,2,3])
> from pylab import *
> plot(x,x)
> show()
>
> The plot command generates a Line2D instance,
> but the show() command kills python in the same way that the
embedding
> example does. In the embedding example, I notice that the
CanvasFrame
> is generated before the crash.
Does it also crash if you use the Agg backend alone and
to an
image
file?

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use("Agg")
from pylab import *
plot([1,2,3])
savefig("test.png")

Cheers,
Mike
>
> On 8/1/07, *william ratcliff* <
iam.ratcliff@...287... <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>
<mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>>
> <mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>
<mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>>>> wrote:
>
> Let me try this.
>
> On 8/1/07, *Michael Droettboom* < mdroe@...86... > <mailto:mdroe@…86…> > > <mailto: mdroe@...86... <mailto:mdroe@…86…>> > > > <mailto: mdroe@...86... <mailto:mdroe@…86…> > <mailto:mdroe@…86…>>> wrote:
>
> I'm going to summarize, just to make sure I have
ything
> straight.
>
> 1) HEAD doesn't build (you get lots of "undefined
reference to
> `_imp__FT_Done_FreeType'")
> 2) revision 3645 (yesterday before my setup.py
ges),
> builds, but you
> got the float('inf') error (which is now fixed)
> 3) much earlier revisions (3608) have other issues
(which seem
> to be
> related to out-of-date wxPython code)
>
> I have just committed a possible fix for 1). You
br> want to try
> updating to HEAD and building that.
>
> If that doesn't work for you, I'm worried about
gs
getting
> out of
> hand and annoying a lot of people with my (well
ntioned)
> setup.py
> changes yesterday. If that's the case, I will
my
build
> changes
> until I have a chance to sit in front of a
box and
> figure out
> what's really going wrong.
>
> Apologies all around,
> Mike
>
> william ratcliff wrote:
> > 3608 also runs into problems of linking with
freetype
> libraries.
> > Some much older versions (say in the 3500s)
but
> still crash
> > python2.5.1 with errors like:
> >
C:\matplotlib\trunk\matplotlib\examples>c:\python25\python.exe
> > embedding_in_wx4.
> > py
> > embedding_in_wx4.py:24: DeprecationWarning: The
thon
> compatibility
> > package i
> > s no longer automatically generated or actively
> maintained. Please
> > switch to th
> > e wx package as soon as possible.
> > from wxPython.wx import *
> >
> > Thanks again for the help!
> >
> > William
> >
> > On 8/1/07, *John Hunter* < jdh2358@...287...
mailto:jdh2358@…287…>
<mailto: jdh2358@...287... <mailto:jdh2358@...287...>>
> <mailto: jdh2358@...287...
mailto:jdh2358@…287…> <mailto: jdh2358@...287...
mailto:jdh2358@…287…>>>
<mailto: jdh2358@...287... <mailto:jdh2358@...287...>
mailto:jdh2358@…287…>
> <mailto: jdh2358@...287...
mailto:jdh2358@…287…> <mailto: jdh2358@...287...
mailto:jdh2358@…287…>>>>
> > > wrote:
> >
> > On 8/1/07, william ratcliff <
william.ratcliff@...287...
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>>
> <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>
<mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>>>
> > <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>
<mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>>
> <mailto: william.ratcliff@...287...
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>
<mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…
mailto:william.ratcliff@…287…>>>>> wrote:
> > > from matplotlib.mathtext import
math_parse_s_ft2font
> > > File
> > >
"c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
> > > line 1182, in <mo
> > > >
> > > class Vlist(List):
> > > File
> > >
"c:\python25\Lib\site-packages\matplotlib\mathtext.py",
> > > line 1189, in Vli
> > > st
> > > def vpack(self, h=0., m='additional',
l=float('inf')):
> > > ValueError: invalid literal for float(): inf
> >
> > It's not clear to me why you should be hitting
mathtext
> at all, since
> > the wxcursor_demo.py does not use it, as
as I can
> tell. Michael,
> > would any of your earlier work caused him
get into
> mathtext
> > inapproriately? You may need to revert a
le
farther,
> William, eg
> > to r3608 while we get this sorted out.
> >
> > JDH
> >
>

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