VI SRC/_NC_CNTR.C

There is no such file.

VI src/_nc_cntr.c

There is no such file.

COMPILE MATPLOTLIB

Things proceed well un

CTRL-Z

The process has been suspended.

VI SRC/_NC_CNTR.C

There is nothing obviously wrong with this file.

GO MATPLOTLIB HOMEPAGE

You see packages for Python 2.3 and a link to the mailing lists.

GO MATPLOTLIB MAILINGLISTS

They're hosted on Sourceforge. You see lists for users and
developers.

GO LIST USERS

Sourceforge times out.

GO LIST DEVEL

Sourceforge times out.

GO LIST DEVEL

You see the search page, but without any stylesheet.

SEARCH _NC_CNTR.C

Sourceforge times out.

GO GMANE

You see the following message: "Welcome to GMANE, the NNTP-friendly
mailing list archive! You can search all your favourite mailing lists
here."

SEARCH _NC_CNTR.C

You see the following search results:

1. RH 3.2/Python 2.2 build problems (gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general)
2. Re: (Matplotlib-users) Installation issue (gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general)
3. Numarray problems on AIX (gmane.comp.python.numeric.general)

GO 1

You see the following post to gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general:
I'm having problems building matplotlib on Redhat 3.2 with python
2.2. It complains about src/_nc_cntr.c. Does anyone know what's
happening? You notice a cute flag indicating the country of origin of
the email.

SEARCH REPLY

You can't do that on Gmane. You notice a cute flag indicating the
country of origin of the email.

SEARCH THREAD NEXT

You can't do that on Gmane. You notice a cute flag indicating the
country of origin of the email.

SEARCH THREAD LIST

You can't do that on Gmane. You notice a cute flag indicating the
country of origin of the email.

SEARCH SUBJECT LIST

You can't do that on Gmane. You notice a cute flag indicating the
country of origin of the email.

EDIT URL

You open the URL in vi.

EX:s/articles.gmane.org/blog.gmane.org/wq

You get the latest posts in gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general and
lose the search result you had.

GO BACK

Okay.

EDIT URL

You open the URL in vi.

EX:s/articles.gmane.org/comments.gmane.org/wq

You see the same post with a different stylesheet. You notice a cute
flag indicating the country of origin of the email.

SEARCH REPLY

Ah, there it is! You see the following reply:

> My guess is that this is because cntr.c is using a python2.3 only
> macro, and we haven't sufficiently tested with python2.2. Try
> replacing all occurrences of MODINIT_FUNC with extern "C"
> DL_EXPORT(void).

You notice a cute flag indicating the country of origin of the email.

SEARCH REPLY

There doesn't seem to be one. The user comes back and asks if the package is done yet.