Re: [matplotlib-devel] [John Porter <jporter@cambridgebroadband.com>] 3D plotting

On 16/03/06, Fernando Perez <Fer...@co...> wrote:
>
> Well, the problem is here:
>
> + cd
> /scratch/local/home/fperez/tmp/lsrc/matplotlib/build/bdist.linux-i686/rpm=
/BUILD
> + cd matplotlib-0.87.2dev_r2151
> + LANG=3DC
> + export LANG
> + unset DISPLAY
>
> That last line unsets the DISPLAY variable, so it doesn't matter who is
> running it, it will never work.  I had tested this before mailing both as=
 root
> with X11 properly configured and as my own user, but obviously with this =
unset
> in there, nothing I do can help.

  IMO rpm is right and the test is wrong. It does not make any sense
to require a running X just to check that pygtk is installed.

> The mysterious part is why bdist_rpm /used/ to work for mpl as of 0.83.2.=
  It
> could be either that a change in mpl's build made it more sensitive to X1=
1
> issues than before, or that Fedora3 updated its rpm build scripts between
> those days and today, and that now they do this 'unset DISPLAY'.  But giv=
en
> that on Ubuntu and Mandriva it's working OK, I wouldn't worry too much ab=
out
> it.  Having that feedback was a good outcome of this thread, even if I ca=
n't
> upgrade in our lab :)

  The usual trick in rpms it to require a nest X to test for pygtk.

> Cheers,
>
> f

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