Issues for LSARC/2008/598: Sun Scalable Visualization

2009-01-13 Thread Steve Nash
Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: >> This is reasonable, if we rebuild everything with -R, and always install >> the software in the same location. We had historically let users >> install the software wherever they wanted. > > We being? (I don't remember many products we worked that way). > Sorr

Issues for LSARC/2008/598: Sun Scalable Visualization

2009-01-13 Thread Steve Nash
Nicolas Williams wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 09:08:03AM -0800, Steve Nash wrote: >>> I think it should be a TCR: you MUST build your applications such that >>> $LD_LIBRARY_PATH does not be set. >>> >> This is reasonable, if we rebuild everything with -R, an

Issues for LSARC/2008/598: Sun Scalable Visualization

2009-01-13 Thread Steve Nash
Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Steve Nash wrote: >> Comments inline... >>>> 8.1.1 For Solaris components, what Solaris release(s) does it run on >>>>or work with? >>>> OpenSolaris 2008.11 >>> Really? Not on Solaris 10 or earlier at all? &

Issues for LSARC/2008/598: Sun Scalable Visualization

2009-01-13 Thread Steve Nash
Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: > >>> Suggested TCR: If it is absolutely impossible to avoid setting >>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH_32 & LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 must >>> be used to avoid breaking 32 vs. 64 bit applications. >>> >> On Solaris we use LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 (only 64 bit applications are

Issues for LSARC/2008/598: Sun Scalable Visualization

2009-01-13 Thread Steve Nash
Roland Mainz wrote: > Steve Nash wrote: >> Alan Coopersmith wrote: > [snip] >>>> * changes the default $PATH and $LD_LIBRARY_PATH for all users >>> How does it change the default $PATH? >>> How does it set $LD_LIBRARY_PATH without breaking other softwar

Issues for LSARC/2008/598: Sun Scalable Visualization

2009-01-12 Thread Steve Nash
Comments inline... Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> The CSW* packages come from blastwave.org > > blastwave.org or opencsw.org? (The CSW project recently forked into two > separate projects.) > >> CSWexpect >> CSWtcl >> CSWtk > > Why are you using these instead of the versions already included in >