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| -rwxr-xr-x | tools/cythonize.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/cythonize.py b/tools/cythonize.py index 8b2f5b519..d41c3270b 100755 --- a/tools/cythonize.py +++ b/tools/cythonize.py @@ -60,13 +60,10 @@ def process_pyx(fromfile, tofile): # try the cython in the installed python first (somewhat related to scipy/scipy#2397) from Cython.Compiler.Version import version as cython_version except ImportError: - # if that fails, use the one on the path, which might be the wrong version - try: - # Try the one on the path as a last resort - subprocess.check_call( - ['cython'] + flags + ["-o", tofile, fromfile]) - except OSError: - raise OSError('Cython needs to be installed') + # The `cython` command need not point to the version installed in the + # Python running this script, so raise an error to avoid the chance of + # using the wrong version of Cython. + raise OSError('Cython needs to be installed in Python as a module') else: # check the version, and invoke through python from distutils.version import LooseVersion |