On Mar 15, 2011, at 3:32 PM, Judd Taylor wrote:

> Unfortunately, it's not likely to be that simple. I did the original coding 
> and all subsequent use of that interface on a 64-bit Linux box. However, 
> there may be some Mac-specific casting required that I'm not aware of. I 
> would love to hear more of these mac64 test reports, however. 
> 
> Puneet, since you first raised this issue, I have done some patching of the 
> OO GD interface. This has all been committed to the git repo as of a couple 
> of weeks ago. Please make sure you have this latest version, as I did some 
> minor bug fixing while I was in there. 


Thanks Judd. I will test the new version and report back.

It would still be useful to hear Derek's test. If gd->oo works for him, then 
the issue is only with my computer and not with Mac 64-bit as a whole.


> 
> Thanks,
>    Judd
> 
> On Mar 15, 2011, at 4:19 PM, "Derek Lamb" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Puneet,
>> 
>> I do not use PDL::IO::GD, so I can't help too much.  Can you post a simple 
>> test case that fails on 64-bit but succeeds on 32-bit?  I could at least run 
>> it on my machine here and make sure I also get a segfault.  Did it pass make 
>> test when you installed PDL?
>> 
>> I know that PDL::FFTW does not pass make test on my 64-bit machine--there is 
>> a patch available for that, but the solution had to do with the return value 
>> of some C routines (int vs void *).  Check the bug tracker for a synopsis 
>> and link--perhaps there's something similar going on with GD.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Derek
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 7, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote:
>> 
>>> Is there anyone on this list who is successfully using the OO interface to 
>>> PDL::IO::GD on an Intel Mac with 64-bit Snow Leopard?
>>> 
>>> Every time I try to use the OO interface to PDL::IO::GD, I get a segfault. 
>>> I believe this is only a problem on my MacBook which has 64-bit Snow 
>>> Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6.x). I am using my own installation of Perl 5.12.1 
>>> which was installed successful under /usr/local/.
>>> 
>>> Judd Taylor, the author of PDL::IO::GD, has very kindly helped me 
>>> troubleshoot the issue, but I haven't really found a resolution. As such, a 
>>> fair amount of my work involving generating images quickly is stuck. I want 
>>> to determine whether it is the particular combination of hardware/operating 
>>> system, or whether it is some silliness on my part.
>>> 
>>> Fwiw, the OO interface to PDL::IO::GD works just fine on my Xserve, but 
>>> that has the 32-bit Mac OS X 10.5.x installed on it.
>>> 
>>> Puneet.


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