2008/10/27 norseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> James Knott wrote: > >> Javier Rivera wrote: >> >>> James Knott escribió: >>> >>> >>>> In my example, it can be manually installed in a 64 bit system, where it >>>> works, but it won't install on 32 bit. Does this problem occur on all >>>> distros or only OpenSUSE? I'm using the Novell version of OOo on all >>>> systems. >>>> >>>> >>> There is a similar problem in Ubuntu: >>> >>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=889093&page=23 >>> >>> They have packed they own version of the pdfimport extension to solve >>> the problem, that at least in Ubuntu is just a minor naming issue >>> (pdfimport tries lo load a library with a slightly different name that >>> the one Ubuntu uses). >>> >>> >>> >> >> That doesn't explain why it works in 64 bit, but not 32 bit systems. >> >> >> =============== > The last line about working in 64bit but not 32 brings to mind something I > ran into awhile back. Maybe related maybe not. But here goes: > > I needed to port some math intensive functions from SUN 64bit machines to > Intel 32bit machines. The original code was never intended to be ported. > At the end I had the ported code functioning correctly. BUT - yep here it > comes :), the outputs are different. The values output are rankings, not > literal, so as long as they scale appropriately there is no problem. Think > of US Yard and International Meter. As long as distances measured yield same > ratios the actual unit of measure is of no concern. (In the particular case > at hand.) > > Could be similar problem in the PDF thing. Only in it the actual number is > relevant rather than the ratio. If so, the work around is to eliminate the > integers by replacing them with floats. All of the same bit precision in > both adaptations. This I have tested. In my case described above I had no > need to do so at the time. But later, out of simple curiosity, I did do the > test and it does work. It effectively puts both flavors into the same units > of measure. > > > HTH > > Steve > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Just in case someone wants to know, I have Ubuntu 8.04 and I installed the PDF import extension without any kinds of problems (except that the extension doesn't do its job very well) on my 32-bit system. On the other hand it was a while ago so it might have been a somewhat older version than the most current one. I updated it yesterday without any trouble though.
