[Numpy-discussion] question about numpy

[Robert Kern]

Stefan van der Walt wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 03:44:37PM -0400, David M. Cooke wrote:
>>> I meet a problem when I installed numpy. I installed numpy by the command
>>> "python setup.py install". Then I tested it by "python -c 'import numpy;
>>> numpy.test()'". But it doesn't work. There is an error message:
>>> "Running from numpy source directory.
>> ^ don't do that :)
>>
>> Instead, change out of the source directory, and rerun.
> 
> Is there any reason why we can't make that work?

We have to be able to bootstrap the build process somehow.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
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