On Sunday, December 28, 2014 12:01:10 AM Stefan Karpinski wrote: > I'm somewhat thrilled that the problem here is the inability to conjure a > failing case :)
Deservedly so! --Tim > > On Dec 27, 2014, at 11:42 PM, Tim Holy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Images has a somewhat overwhelming number of closed issues (and likely, a > > few still open) regarding problems with ImageMagick. Take your pick :-). > > > > --Tim > > > >> On Sunday, December 28, 2014 03:32:45 AM Leah Hanson wrote: > >> I'm working on a book chapter about using the Julia package manager. One > >> example I want to include is debugging a broken package install. I'm > >> currently expecting to focus on a problem caused by binary installs, > >> since > >> that seems to be the mostly likely cause of a Pkg.add failing. > >> > >> However, it's hard for me to conjure one at will. Does anyone here have > >> any > >> suggestions? > >> > >> It would be helpful if you either (A) have a story about a package > >> install > >> that broke at first and that you then got working (please say what > >> happened > >> and how you fixed it) or (B) an idea for how to reliably create a problem > >> for Pkg.add (which would make it easier for me to get the example output > >> for the book). > >> > >> Thanks! > >> Leah
