Alan - change is the other way round. stderr on old version, stdout on new version. Stdout seems much more sensible.
Andrew On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:00:20AM -0800, Alan Irwin wrote: > On 2007-01-30 09:50-0000 Andrew Ross wrote: > > > > > Aaargh! > > > > I've discovered the source of the error. Somewhere between 1.3.24 > > (default version on Debian stable) and 1.3.28 (version on Ubuntu edgy) > > the behaviour of swig changed so the output of "swig -version" was > > directed to standard output rather than standard error. This explains > > the blank output for SWIG_version_output on Debian stable. > > 1.3.27 on Ubuntu dapper is still directed to stdout (which is why I didn't > see this error). The change from stdout to stderr that you discovered > is ugly indeed. > > > > > Modification commited to CVS to check ERROR_VARIABLE if > > OUTPUT_VARIABLE is blank. Now works again for me. > > Thanks, Andrew, for sorting this out. > > Note, I imported this version from the CMake bug system. From "cvs log > FindSWIG.cmake" : > > revision 1.1 > date: 2007/01/23 21:21:25; author: airwin; state: Exp; > MUCH better FindSWIG.cmake module downloaded from > http://public.kitware.com/Bug/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4145 (click on > FindSWIG.cmake-4).... > > I just checked, and FindSWIG.cmake-4 continues to be the last version there. > Were you going to follow up with your "FindSWIG.cmake-5" to that location > (plus an explanation of the horrible stderr change) or would you like me to > do it? > > 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 Yorick front-end to PLplot (yplot.sf.net); the > Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project > (lbproject.sf.net). > __________________________ > > Linux-powered Science > __________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Plplot-devel mailing list > Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
