[fitsbits] WCSLIB 7.8 released {External}

[Mark Calabretta]

Greetings,

WCSLIB 7.8 is now available:

  ftp://ftp.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/wcslib/wcslib-7.8.tar.bz2

It contains a number of bug fixes and enhancements related to the
handling of tabular coordinates when subimaging using wcssub(), as
per the change log appended below.

Mark Calabretta


WCSLIB version 7.8 (2022/03/25)
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* C library

  - In wcssub(), bug fix for tabular coordinates that change axis
    number, thus requiring tabprm::map to be updated.  Reported by
    Mihai Cara with patch.

    Also in wcssub():
      - check that all axes of a multi-dimensional table are extracted
        together,
      - fixed potential memory leaks for tabular coordinate axes when
        an attempt to subimage non-separable axes fails,
      - the error messages for non-separable coordinate systems are
        generally more informative,
      - subimage extraction by coordinate type now recognises time
        coordinate axis types via WCSSUB_TIME.

  - wcsset() now identifies time coordinate axes in wcsprm::types.

  - Extended test program twcssub to test the above modifications.

* Installation

  - Bug fix in the utils makefile for creating $(MANDIR)/man1.
    Reported by Aleksander Kurek.

  - Bug fix in the Fortran makefile for compiling and using 'tofits'.
    Reported by Stefan Brüns.

* User manual

  - Documentation generation moved to doxygen 1.9.3 (was 1.9.1).