On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:58 AM, David Mertens <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> We already have a section in the Known_problems
>> about 16bit data and rpic/wpic.  Since we have no
>> other reports from any linux systems for this problem,
>> my guess is that it may come from a build/config
>> problem for NetPBM in gentoo.
>
>
> One of the key features of the Gentoo package system is that you can very
> easily customize your compiler flags. The Gentoo wiki covers this as a basic
> step in setting up your system. This makes it very easy to customize and
> optimize your entire system for your actual hardware. The downside is that
> there may be some compile flags in Ingo's setup which are leading to some
> weird corner cases that are not normally built with pnm.
>
>> Maybe Ingo could update the gentoo bug ticket
>> with the facts we've discovered.  I think the debugging
>> will involve creating known good 16bit intput and
>> output files and then tracking down the differences.
>
>
> Eh, Ingo doesn't have a SF account, so I'll try to update the ticket.

I meant the gentoo bug ticket.  While we have a PDL
bug ticket as well, I believe the problem is in the gentoo
build of the NetPBM stuff.

>> For the PDL-2.4.10 release, I think we could just
>> add a button on our Get PDL section of the web
>> site for gentoo and put the OS specific note there.
>
>
> ALL PDL FOLKS - anybody up for trying to add a Gentoo section to the PDL
> website?

This is just a matter of editing the code making the
current display and adding a gentoo button and
corresponding content.  The relevant files are in
pdl-www/content and the directions for how to
test the change on the experimental web site are
on the wiki.

--Chris


>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:26 AM, David Mertens <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > Should we add a tentative note to the docs?
>> >
>> > On Jan 19, 2012 6:10 AM, "chm" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 1/19/2012 3:56 AM, Ingo Schmid wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> you are right, pngtopnm has problems converting the created pngs. I
>> >>> don't know if wpci creates some sloppy png or the problem is with
>> >>> pngtopnm, since it can convert i.e. screenshots quite fine. But then
>> >>> they are created via intermediate pnms (or something) in the first
>> >>> place, no?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The issue is only with 16bit data and whether
>> >> that works with pnmtopng (and vice versa).  As
>> >> long as you are only using the default 8bit
>> >> images, things should work ok.
>> >>
>> >> --Chris
>> >>
>> >>> On 01/18/2012 03:56 PM, chm wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> The problem appears to be in the pnmtopng/pngtopnm
>> >>>> and possibly the initial creation of the input data
>> >>>> piped to those commands. I'll add this to the list
>> >>>> of known problems for the 2.4.10 release. Thanks
>> >>>> for reporting the problem.

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