HI Thorsten, I am glad you have found the "reason" - this is on the border of "bizarre" and it is not something I would have been able to guess. Anyway, it shows you are never too old to be surprised by a computer system.
Regards, Arjen > -----Original Message----- > From: Thorsten Behrens [mailto:thorsten.behr...@dorunth.de] > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 9:01 PM > To: PLplot development discussion > Subject: Re: [Plplot-devel] Examples not generated during build > > Hi Arjen! > > > I can not find anything suspicious - there is a variable DEVPAK that > > may interfere with BUILD_TEST, but that variable is not set, so it > > doesn't influence this. > > > > There is no indication in the cmake.out file either as to what is > > going on. > > > > One desperate suggestion/question: > > What happens if you start it in a completely clean directory? Just > > create a brandnew one and run CMake. This should get rid of any cached > > information. > > In the meantime I was able to solve this very strange problem! Thanks for your > suggestions that brought me on the correct path and finally made me find the > solution! > > When using the command line build I was a bit lazy. I already had PLplot > installed > some years ago (V5.8, IIRC). During that time I created a MS Word document > containing a complete "How to install PLplot" manual (for my colleagues > should they > also want to install it). Well, now, when again installing PLplot (completely > from > scratch, i.e. no installed older version of PLplot on this computer) I used > that > document as a guide (and updating it wherever something has changed). > > Now, instead of typing the command line I just marked it in that Word > document, > copied it and pasted it into the command line. It looked completely OK to me > (and > still does - BTW, I also copied that line into my first email on this topic). > However, > using this pasted text, no examples are build! If, on the other hand, I just > type the > command character by character (everything else being the same, i.e. build > directory completely cleaned before) everything is fine ... all examples are > built. > > Why this happens is a complete mystery to me! If, instead of pasting the text > into > the command line pasting it into any text editor (emacs, notepad), there are > no > strange/control characters. It just looks identical to the typed-in version. > But CMake > generates two different build directories. > > I will now put a remark into my installation manual and everything should be > fine. > > -- > Best regards, > Thorsten Behrens > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Plplot-devel mailing list > Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
