Bug#869135: Please don't adopt giza for libpgplot-perl

[Karl Glazebrook]

Hi all,

There does not seem to have been any further reply on this thread?

Gregor says 'In Debian all tests [0] pass’

However, if you drill down in to the logs you can see they are not being run correctly

Sample below (e.g. https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=libpgplot-perl&arch=ia64&ver=1%3A2.24-1%2Bb2&stamp=1604918369&raw=0<https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=libpgplot-perl&arch=ia64&ver=1:2.24-1+b2&stamp=1604918369&raw=0> )

The original Caltech pgplot is old software but works fine and is required by a lot of astronomy software. Seems to me we can have a debian package for it, and for giza-pgplot seperately? I note all the advantages of giza, and it can be the default.

Would it make sense to create a debian package called ‘libpgplot-classic’ or something for ‘contrib'?


Karl

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============== Running test8.p ==============


Testing scalars in array routines...

PGPLOT module version 2.24

PGPLOT giza-1.1.0 library

%giza - ERROR - giza_newpage_prompt: Failed to read character from stdin
============== Running test9.p ==============


Testing PGPLOT 5.0 colour image routines...

PGPLOT module version 2.24

PGPLOT giza-1.1.0 library

32768 bytes read
16384 element image stored
Plotting...
%giza - ERROR - giza_newpage_prompt: Failed to read character from stdin
============== Running test10.p ==============


Testing multiple ways of passing things...

PGPLOT module version 2.24

PGPLOT giza-1.1.0 library

Plotting...
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Points: scalars passed one by one
Image: packed char string
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Points: 1D array passed by glob
Image: 1D array passed by glob
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Points: 1D array passed by reference
Image: 1D array passed by reference
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Line: 1D cross-section of 2D array
Image: 2D array passed by reference
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%giza - ERROR - giza_newpage_prompt: Failed to read character from stdin
============== Running test11.p ==============


Testing Object-Oriented stuff...

PGPLOT module version 2.24

PGPLOT giza-1.1.0 library


Testing Square Objects...
Square plot method...
Square expand and rotate methods...
Inheriting Square methods in Triangles...
Fun isn't it?
%giza - ERROR - giza_newpage_prompt: Failed to read character from stdin








On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:28:48 +0200 gregor herrmann <gregoa at debian.org<mailto:gregoa at debian.org>> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 08:17:18 +1000, Karl Glazebrook wrote:
>
> > For example the perl/PGPLOT module (which I own on CPAN) comes with
> > a suite of test 12 scripts. When I tested them against giza, only 4
> > of the most basic ones passed!!
>
> Just to add a data point: In Debian all tests [0] pass:
> https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=libpgplot-perl
> https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/libpgplot-perl.html
> https://ci.debian.net/packages/libp/libpgplot-perl/
>
> [0] with one tiny patch to test12.p:
> https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libpgplot-perl/blob/master/debian/patches/test-pgplot5-version.patch
>
> Maybe the giza source is Debian has another version or carries
> patches, compared to the version you tried?
>
>
> Cheers,
> gregor
>
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