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Re: Differences in EPS with _almost_ equal XP
On 22/03/06, Paulo J. Matos <pocmatos@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22/03/06, Andrew D. Hwang <ahwang@mathcs.holycross.edu> wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> >
> > > I've done 2 different images which are however, mostly the same.
> > > Still, the result is quite different.
> > > Both xp and the obtained eps.gz are attached.
> > >
> > Dear Paulo,
> >
> > The attached PDF files were compiled from your xp files. Is this what you
> > were expecting? Non-zero offsets also seem to work with your files under
> > gcc-3. A few people have found that epix has some unpredictable problems
> > under gcc-4.x. I don't know if this is a problem in epix or a bug in
> > gcc-4, though I suspect the latter. :)
> >
>
> I currently use gcc-4.x. The question is, do I need to recompile epix
> with gcc-3 and I can keep using gcc-4.x for other matters or do I need
> to have gcc-3.x each time I call elaps?
>
Nice! I've recompiled epix with gcc-3, changed back to gcc-4 and now
everything works fine. Seems that it really needs to be compiled with
gcc-3, that's all.
Well, do you know if this issue still happens with gcc-4.1? I've only
tried with gcc-4.0.3.
> Cheers,
>
> Paulo Matos
>
> > Is it possible for you to use gcc-3 instead of gcc-4? You'll have to edit
> > the Makefile, then do "make epix" to rebuild the script so it finds the
> > right version of the compiler. (An upcoming release will make it much
> > easier to configure and build epix; Julian Gilbey has done a huge amount
> > of work coaxing epix to use automake and autoconf, and building a debian
> > package. If you're not in a great hurry, it may be easiest to wait.)
> >
> > Best,
> > Andy
> >
> >
> > Andrew D. Hwang ahwang@mathcs.holycross.edu
> > Department of Math and CS http://math.holycross.edu/~ahwang
> > College of the Holy Cross (508) 793-2458 (Office: 320 Swords)
> > Worcester, MA, 01610-2395 (508) 793-3530 (fax)
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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