Failing to install the python Numeric library

Question

I have the latest Xcode 3.1.2 developer tools installed. I need to install the python Numeric library since I want to use existing python modules which were developed several years ago using that library. I downloaded the Numeric-24.2 tar file from Sourceforge and began the install process with the command:
python setup.py build
Within a minute, the install process stopped with the last several lines being:
gcc -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp -mno-fused-madd -fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DMACOSX -I/usr/include/ffi -DENABLE_DTRACE -arch i386 -arch ppc -pipe -IInclude -IPackages/FFT/Include -IPackages/RNG/Include -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5 -c Packages/RNG/Src/ranf.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.5-i386-2.5/Packages/RNG/Src/ranf.o
Packages/RNG/Src/ranf.c: In function ‘Mixranf’:
Packages/RNG/Src/ranf.c:153: error: conflicting types for ‘gettimeofday’
/usr/include/sys/time.h:211: error: previous declaration of ‘gettimeofday’ was here
Packages/RNG/Src/ranf.c: In function ‘Mixranf’:
Packages/RNG/Src/ranf.c:153: error: conflicting types for ‘gettimeofday’
/usr/include/sys/time.h:211: error: previous declaration of ‘gettimeofday’ was here
lipo: can't open input file: /var/tmp//cc83Ujvw.out (No such file or directory)
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
I admit I am treating the installation script as a "blackbox" and do not follow everything that it does. I had assumed that I would have no troubles on the Mac since I successfully installed the library under Linux Red Hat 3.4.6-9 by issuing the same command.
Can someone give me guidance in getting this Numeric library installed?
** Kerwin

Answer 1

dobbskd wrote:
I admit I am treating the installation script as a "blackbox" and do not follow everything that it does. I had assumed that I would have no troubles on the Mac since I successfully installed the library under Linux Red Hat 3.4.6-9 by issuing the same command.
Can someone give me guidance in getting this Numeric library installed?
Update or fix it. According to the comments in ranf.c, that file is 12 years old. Here is where it dies:
#if !defined(__sgi)
int gettimeofday(struct timeval *, struct timezone *);
#endif
Since MacOS X isn't an SGI, it tries to define this function differently than it is defined in sys/time.h.
It seems that the Linux version of GCC has every warning and compilation flag turned off so that bad code will compile on it.