Re: [ccp4bb] Pointless 1.2.15 and ccp4i

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Subject: Re: Pointless 1.2.15 and ccp4i
From: Andrew Purkiss-Trew a {- dot -} purkiss {- at -} MAIL {- dot -} CRYST {- dot -} BBK {- dot -} AC {- dot -} UK
Date: 2008-03-27

Installation of pointless-1.2.16 appears to have solved the problem.

On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 14:55 +0000, Phil Evans wrote:
> I've had some problems getting recent versions of Pointless to link in a
> portable way, due to a new call into the CCP4 library, & this can cause
> segfaults on some systems. I keep hoping someone will tel me how to get
> round this (a ccp4 routine calls getpwid which apparently cannot be
> static)
>
> You could try
>
> ftp://ftp.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/pub/pre/pointless-1.2.16.linux
>
> to see if that behaves better
>
> If it's going to crash, it will crash immediately on starting from the
> command line
>
> Phil
>
> On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 14:39 +0000, Andrew Purkiss-Trew wrote:
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I am having a problem with running the latest version of pointless
> > (1.2.15) via ccp4i. This is with the new GUI task.
> >
> > The logfile has the following, rather unhelpful information:
> >
> >
> > ***************************************************************************
> > * Information from CCP4Interface script
> > ***************************************************************************
> > The program run with command: pointless
> > has failed with error message
> > child killed: segmentation violation
> > ***************************************************************************
> >
> >
> > #CCP4I TERMINATION STATUS 0 "child killed: segmentation violation"
> > #CCP4I TERMINATION TIME 27 Mar 2008 14:16:02
> > #CCP4I MESSAGE Task failed
> >
> >
> >
> > The program runs fine with the equivalent command line:
> >
> > pointless HKLIN Plate2_B6_001.mtz
> >
> >
> > This is happening on both 32 and 64 bit linux machines, running either
> > Fedora Core or SuSE.
> >
> > I have not, yet, recompiled the program from source, but that is next on
> > the list. Has anyone else had this problem?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Andrew Purkiss-Trew

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