[daip] help - IMAGR1: IMACPY: NO DATA SELECTED

Patrick P Murphy pmurphy at nrao.edu
Sun Dec 3 08:48:52 EST 2006


On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:59:21 -0700, Eric Greisen <egreisen at nrao.edu> said:

> Rita Castro writes:
>> I use gcc as C complier, version 3.3.6. I have Slackware 10.2 (might be
>> usefull to know...)

> This is the problem.  The 3.3.x compiler versions have given us no end
> of trouble.  I see that I should update the install.shtml file to
> emphasize the binary a bit more.  What one does there is

>     perl install.pl -n

Here's a radical idea:

   1) Make "-n" the default action (i.e. binary install with/without -n)
   2) Add another switch ("-s"?) to force build-from-source mode

If you want binary to be the preferred install mode, it makes sense to
make it as easy as possible...

 - Pat




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