Re: [Plplot-devel] Comprehensive testing

[Arjen M. <Arj...@de...>]

Hi Alan,



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan W. Irwin [mailto:ir...@be...]
> 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.

Regards,

Arjen



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