Original ticket http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/1410 on 2010-02-24 by @bsouthey, assigned to @cournape.

DistutilsExecError is not defined by Python 2.7 alpha 3 in
numpy/distutils/ccompiler.py

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 210, in
setup_package()
File "setup.py", line 203, in setup_package
configuration=configuration )
File "/home/bsouthey/python/numpy_svn/numpy/numpy/distutils/core.py", line 186, in setup
return old_setup(_new_attr)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/home/bsouthey/python/numpy_svn/numpy/numpy/distutils/command/build.py", line 37, in run
old_build.run(self)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/build.py", line 127, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/home/bsouthey/python/numpy_svn/numpy/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 152, in run
self.build_sources()
File "/home/bsouthey/python/numpy_svn/numpy/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 163, in build_sources
self.build_library_sources(_libname_info)
File "/home/bsouthey/python/numpy_svn/numpy/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 298, in build_library_sources
sources = self.generate_sources(sources, (lib_name, build_info))
File "/home/bsouthey/python/numpy_svn/numpy/numpy/distutils/command/build_src.py", line 385, in generate_sources
source = func(extension, build_dir)
File "numpy/core/setup.py", line 671, in get_mathlib_info
mlibs = check_mathlib(config_cmd)
File "numpy/core/setup.py", line 337, in check_mathlib
if config_cmd.check_func("exp", libraries=libs, decl=True, call=True):
File "/home/bsouthey/python/numpy_svn/numpy/numpy/distutils/command/config.py", line 313, in check_func
libraries, library_dirs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/config.py", line 251, in try_link
libraries, library_dirs, lang)
File "/home/bsouthey/python/numpy_svn/numpy/numpy/distutils/command/config.py", line 149, in _link
libraries, library_dirs, lang))
File "/home/bsouthey/python/numpy_svn/numpy/numpy/distutils/command/config.py", line 89, in _wrap_method
ret = mth(((self,)+args))
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/command/config.py", line 148, in _link
target_lang=lang)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/ccompiler.py", line 750, in link_executable
debug, extra_preargs, extra_postargs, None, target_lang)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/distutils/unixccompiler.py", line 256, in link
self.spawn(linker + ld_args)
File "/home/bsouthey/python/numpy_svn/numpy/numpy/distutils/ccompiler.py", line 69, in CCompiler_spawn
raise DistutilsExecError('Command "%s" failed with exit status %d%s' % (cmd, s, msg))
NameError: global name 'DistutilsExecError' is not defined