[Bug 713681] Re: fix FTBFS issue with python 2.7

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This bug was fixed in the package h5py - 1.3.1-1

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h5py (1.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream version.
 -- Sameer Morar <smorar at gmail.com>   Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:48:19 +0100

** Changed in: h5py (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  fix FTBFS issue with python 2.7

Status in “h5py” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  This package does not build with python 2.7, and the following error
  occurs:

  python setup.py configure --api=18
  /usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'test_suite'
    warnings.warn(msg)
  ******************************************
  Configure: Autodetecting HDF5 settings...
      Custom HDF5 dir:       None
      Custom API level:      (1, 8)

      Failed to compile HDF5 test program.  Please check to make sure:

      * You have a C compiler installed
      * A development version of Python is installed (including header files)
      * A development version of HDF5 is installed (including header files)
      * If HDF5 is not in a default location, supply the argument --hdf5=<path>
  ******************************************
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "setup.py", line 541, in <module>
      test_suite = 'h5py.tests'
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
      dist.run_commands()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
      self.run_command(cmd)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "setup.py", line 239, in run
      config = detect.detect_hdf5(self.tempdir, **COMPILER_SETTINGS)
    File "/tmp/buildd/h5py-1.3.0/detect.py", line 12, in detect_hdf5
      from distutils.core import CompileError, LinkError
  ImportError: cannot import name CompileError
  make: *** [pre-build] Error 1

  CompileError and LinkError objects are now in distutils.error