David, Thanks. i will have patched binary ready sometimes duyring next week.
Suhaib > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David > Thompson > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:42 PM > To: opendx2-dev@lists.berlios.de > Subject: Re: [opendx-dev] RE: problems with OpenDX RPM files > > > Suhaib, > > The fix is actually with adding a command line option to > your compiler for > Linux. I deduced that trunc did not work right when > linked with 4.0.10. In > order to link properly, -D_GNU_SOURCE must be added to > the compile lines > to get it to function. I've added the check for this in > configure so the > cvs version now does this correctly. > > David > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks, I will incorporate suggestions into RPMS spec files. > > > > Regarding bugs of interactor and steppers: I was > unable to find a > > fix in DX code... and I am not sure where in the MOTIF > code I should > > look. > > > > Suhaib > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Behalf Of Douglas N. Arnold > > > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 1:19 PM > > > To: Suhaib M. Siddiqi > > > Cc: opendx2-users@lists.berlios.de > > > Subject: problems with OpenDX RPM files > > > > > > > > > > > > I just installed the opendx RPMs from opendx.org on > my RedHat 6.1 > > > machine. Thanks for making RPMs available! However > I did come > > > across some problems I wanted to let you know about. > > > > > > 1. There still seems to be an interactor problem. Dials > > > and steppers > > > don't work. > > > > > > 2. There is also a small bug. The rpm installs into > /usr, but the > > > script /usr/bin/dx and script in /usr/dx/bin still > > > specify the prefix > > > /usr/local. > > > > > > 3. Finally, I wanted to mention that your naming > > > conventions are not > > > usual for RPMs and cause some problems. You associated > > > the following > > > names to the RPMs (in the spec file, I imagine): > > > > > > OpenDX > > > opendx-4.0.10-redhat-6.x-linux-docs > > > > > > The second name is surely not right. The version > number 4.0.10 is > > > separate from the name. If I ask my system to list > my installed > > > rpms (rpm -qa), it now gives the redundant info > > > "opendx-4.0.10-redhat-6.x-linux-docs-4.0.10-1". > > > > > > I would suggest names > > > > > > opendx > > > opendx-docs > > > > > > for the two RPMs. Of course the version number would be > > > 4.0.10 and the > > > release number 1 (or 2). Then, conventionally, the name > > > of the rpm > > > files would be name-version-release.i386.rpm, i.e., > > > > > > opendx-4.0.10-1.i386.rpm > > > opendx-docs-4.0.10-1.i386.rpm > > > > > > These names, especially the one associated to the RPM > in the spec > > > file, are important, since to query the rpm the user must > > > supply the > > > name. E.g., if I want to find out what opendx docs there > > > are I would > > > type, under my suggested scheme, > > > > > > rpm -ql opendx-docs > > > > > > It would be tough for me to remember your long name and type > > > > > > rpm -ql opendx-4.0.10-redhat-6.x-linux-docs > > > > > > By the way it is possible to put OS information in the > > > release number, > > > like 1rh6.1, if you insist, but it is not usually done. > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > David L. Thompson e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > University of > Montana/CS Department > Missoula, MT 59812 > Work Phone : > (406)243-4793
