add necessary configrations for pip installation

python-package/xgboost/build-python.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This is a simple script to make xgboost in MAC and Linux for python wrapper only
+# Basically, it first try to make with OpenMP, if fails, disable OpenMP and make it again.
+# This will automatically make xgboost for MAC users who don't have OpenMP support.
+# In most cases, type make will give what you want.
+
+# See additional instruction in doc/build.md
+
+# note: this script is build for python package only, and it might have some filename
+#       conflict with build.sh which is for everything. 
+
+
+pushd xgboost
+if make python; then
+    echo "Successfully build multi-thread xgboost"
+else
+    echo "-----------------------------"
+    echo "Building multi-thread xgboost failed"
+    echo "Start to build single-thread xgboost"
+    make clean
+    make python no_omp=1
+    echo "Successfully build single-thread xgboost"
+    echo "If you want multi-threaded version"
+    echo "See additional instructions in doc/build.md"
+fi
+popd

python-package/xgboost/core.py

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ def find_lib_path():
        List of all found library path to xgboost
     """
     curr_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(__file__)))
-    dll_path = [curr_path, os.path.join(curr_path, '../../wrapper/')]
+    #make pythonpack hack: copy this directory one level upper for setup.py
+    dll_path = [curr_path, os.path.join(curr_path, '../../wrapper/'),os.path.join(curr_path, './wrapper/')]
     if os.name == 'nt':
         if platform.architecture()[0] == '64bit':
             dll_path.append(os.path.join(curr_path, '../../windows/x64/Release/'))