On 2016-12-15 07:49-0000 Arjen Markus wrote: > Hi Alan, > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca] >> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 2:31 AM >> >> Well, if I recall correctly, the last time we discussed the >> MinGW-w64/MSYS2 version of cmake, the conclusion then was your install of >> that >> platform had problems just like every other MinGW-w64/MSYS2 user at that time >> so a complete reinstall was recommended, but I suspect you did not do that. >> But >> now is your chance to do that in the next several weeks. >> > I will have to, the thing is completely unuseable ;). > >> >> Likely the best advice I can give you for this Linux-like (except for the >> core parts >> which are native Windows, of course) free software distribution, is to keep >> careful >> file records of everything you install and update. (I have found that habit >> to be >> invaluable for >> Debian.) Typically, I capture such output with the "tee" command, e.g., >> >> apt-get install python-pil |tee -a 20161202 >> > I usually redirect all output to a file and then examine that afterwards. > Cygwin is easier in this respect: the setup program shows the installed > packages itself. > >> >> BTW, I see the expected three good dashboards from your recent Cygwin >> comprehensive test so I am looking forward to seeing the corresponding report >> tarball which should finish your comprehensive testing for this release with >> any luck >> at all. >> > See the attached tarball. It took a long time to run through all the tests > and all the build configurations, but it finished without any complaints > indeed.
Hi Arjen: That's a really nice piece of news to hear from you. I will take a look at the details in that report tomorrow and post it and your prior report for MinGW-w64/MSYS2 on our wiki. 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); the Time Ephemerides project (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.sf.net); 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 __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
