Re: epix changed behaviour

[marquito@gmx.at]

Andrew D. Hwang schrieb:
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 marquito@gmx.at wrote:
> 
> 
>>1 year ago I used epix to create some pictures and it worked very fine.
Now
>>I wanted to compile the old pictures again, but it does not work anymore.
>>there were some updates to the linux system (debian), maybe ghostscript,
>>tetex, ... I also tried on a different machine (kubuntu 5.10) with the
same
>>result. i also tried to generate new pictures with the same result.
>>
>>to get more precise:
>>- arrows look different (too big)
>>- font position changed
>>- vertical arrows can't be drawn vertical
>>things noticed so far.
>>
>>a short example:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>if i change the coordinates of the arrow such that it is not vertical,
>>everything works fine.
>>
>>i guess this is due to some new libraries or so. has anyone experienced
>>similar problems? is there a solution?
>>
> 
> Dear Markus,
> 
> When I compile your input file, the arrow is pretty short, but I don't get
> nan errors. :) Are you by chance using gcc-4.x? A couple of people have
> reported similar problems (e.g., arrowheads about 100 times larger than
> expected) under gcc-4.0.
> 
> Best regards,
> Andy

Dear Andy,

Thank you for your fast reply. Your advice helped me to solve the problem.
On my linux distribution two different compilers are installed (3.x, 4.x is
set to default). 
I had to change one line, in the "config" file:
EPIX_CXX=/usr/bin/g++-3.4
and add one in the Makefile:
CXX=${EPIX_CXX}
That's it!

Another question: Does there exist an archive of the mailing list? I didn't
find it by google. Because I want to avoid to ask the same questions over
and over again.

Best regards,
Markus




 

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