Hi Alan: I've looked at your updated instructions for running the perl/PDL tests. I don't see any easy way to improve upon them.
I typically install plplot first (with no mention of perl/PDL) and then PDL (with no mention of plplot, so the older internal version of PDL::Graphics::PLplot is not installed) and finally install PDL::Graphics::PLplot. At this point, if I want to run the perl/PDL examples from plplot, I would just go to the plplot/examples/perl directory in the plplot build area and run the perl scripts there manually. Perhaps it would make sense to package these test files with PDL::Graphics::PLplot in addition to plplot/examples/perl? There are several down-sides to this (mostly dual maintenance) but it would allow one to incorporate all the plplot tests with the 'make test' part of the PDL::Graphics::PLplot install. One could even put md5sums of expected output files (maybe in xfig format or some other device that is most always available) in PDL::Graphics::PLplot so the test could be rated as definitively passing or failing. Just a thought. Thanks, Doug dh...@ucar.edu Software Engineer UCAR - COSMIC, Tel. (303) 497-2611 On Sat, 30 Apr 2011, Douglas Hunt wrote: > Hi Alan: Thanks for incorporating my fixes so quickly! I'm at home now and > can't look quickly at the updated build instructions for > PDL::Graphics::PLplot. I'll take a look when I get to my office. > > Best Regards, > > Doug Hunt > > On Fri, 29 Apr 2011, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > >> On 2011-04-29 16:27-0600 Doug Hunt wrote: >> >>> Hi Alan: I've just checked in a bunch of changes to the perl/PDL test >>> suite for plplot. Now all perl/PDL examples match the C examples when >>> you >>> use PDL-Graphics-PLplot-0.55, which I just uploaded to CPAN. >> >> Hi Doug: >> >> I appropriately changed our build/test system (as of revision 11735) >> to be consistent with PDL-Graphics-PLplot-0.55 and your example >> updates. >> >> Here are the diff results that can now be obtained from the >> test_diff_psc target in the build tree: >> >> perl >> Missing examples : >> Differing postscript output : >> Missing stdout : >> Differing stdout : >> >> These perfect standard test results confirm the perfect results you have >> obtained using alternative means, and this means all our languages now >> have perfect diff results for the first time ever. (YES!!!) >> >> We now enable testing of the Perl/PDL examples by default, but we turn >> off that testing unless PDL-Graphics-PLplot-0.55 (or later) is >> installed since trying to do limited testing of any prior version of >> PDL-Graphics-PLplot just isn't worth it any more. >> >> Please take a look at examples/perl/README.perldemos which I have now >> modified to be consistent with PDL-Graphics-PLplot-0.55. Those >> updated instructions are slightly simpler than before (a patch for >> PDL-Graphics-PLplot is no longer required) but the >> PDL-Graphics-PLplot-0.55 build and install still remains rather >> complicated. Did you have to go through all those steps yourself, or >> is there a simpler way to build and install PDL-Graphics-PLplot-0.55 >> that I am unaware of? >> >> The above perfect Perl/PDL diff results have been made possible by >> your effort to bring PDL-Graphics-PLplot and the Perl/PDL examples >> into consistency with the latest PLplot. Thanks for that effort! >> >> Alan >> __________________________ >> Alan W. Irwin >> >> Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, >> University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). >> >> Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation >> for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software >> package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of >> Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project >> (lbproject.sf.net). >> __________________________ >> >> Linux-powered Science >> __________________________ >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
