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Problems with the current version of the Suite are logged on the |
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http://www.dl.ac.uk/CCP/CCP4/problems.html |
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The following are technical quirks of a long-term nature. |
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| This is a partial list of known problems with the current CCP4 code. They | This is a partial list of known problems with the current CCP4 code. They |
| are either problematical to fix or have not been fixed yet for lack of time. | are either problematical to fix or have not been fixed yet for lack of time. |
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| * PLTDEV: scaling reportedly wrong HP output and reported to throw blank pages | * PLTDEV: scaling reportedly wrong HP output and reported to throw blank pages |
| and hang HPGL plotter. | and hang HPGL plotter. |
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| * The manual *still* needs more work. See ccp4/manual/README about possible |
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| problems with the PostScript etc. |
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| * Documentation for the libraries is still inadequate in some cases -- consult |
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| the library source or a program doing something similar if necessary. |
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| * AMORE may need to use enormous amounts of memory and probably won't work for |
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| large cases on many systems (including most VAXen?). It also contains |
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| illegal Fortran and thus probably needs to be run with optimisation turned |
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| off (apart from peephole-type things, probably). |
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| * Some of the programs may use too much memory to link on small VMS systems -- |
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| no workaround known without changing their dimensions. |
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| * Configure may fail without error messages if the shell runs out of space | * Configure may fail without error messages if the shell runs out of space |
| wherever it puts temporary files (e.g. /tmp). It will also not stop if | wherever it puts temporary files (e.g. /tmp). It will also not stop if |
| components fail to avoid lossage in the broken shell on one system that | components fail to avoid lossage in the broken shell on one system that |
| should remain nameless -- check for error messages as it runs. | should remain nameless -- check for error messages as it runs. |
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| * Some of the example unix sh scripts may not run on system with an old |
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| /bin/sh e.g. Ultrix. You could install the GNU shell, `bash', and change |
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| /bin/sh in the scripts to the bash pathname. I've also seen hints that |
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| there's a /bin/sh5 which should do. |
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| * OMIT: Memory requirements are governed by a parameter MAXREF set in the | * OMIT: Memory requirements are governed by a parameter MAXREF set in the |
| program, and this may need to be increased for large problems. Increasing | program, and this may need to be increased for large problems. Increasing |
| MAXREF increases the record lengths for some scratch files, and this can | MAXREF increases the record lengths for some scratch files, and this can |
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| * SCALA uses lots of memory. You can reduce MAXPMR and MAXPAR in | * SCALA uses lots of memory. You can reduce MAXPMR and MAXPAR in |
| src/scala/parameter.h to save space, especially if running in rotavata mode. | src/scala/parameter.h to save space, especially if running in rotavata mode. |
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| * RSPS is reported to crash IRIX f77 3.5.1 (even without optimisation), but I |
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| can't reproduce this, so suspect it depends on available VM or somesuch. |
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| Presumably the remedy is to complain to SGI (but please report a workaround |
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| * VAX C: apparently stdlib.h is missing in some (older?) installations of VAX | * VAX C: apparently stdlib.h is missing in some (older?) installations of VAX |
| C. The code should work without the #include if you comment it out. | C. The code should work without the #include if you comment it out. |
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| arise from trying to mix Irix4 and Irix5 objects. Re-compile everything | arise from trying to mix Irix4 and Irix5 objects. Re-compile everything |
| under Irix5. | under Irix5. |
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| * compar is known to have runtime-undefined variables which haven't been |
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| tracked down yet. (Won't cause trouble on most systems with default |
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| compilation options.) |
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| * Bugs in VMS DEC Fortran have broken MTZ handling at least with version | * Bugs in VMS DEC Fortran have broken MTZ handling at least with version |
| v6.1-68 with optimsiation on; v6.2 is OK, as is 6.1 with /NOOPT. | v6.1-68 with optimsiation on; v6.2 is OK, as is 6.1 with /NOOPT. |
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| * The lib/src/pack_c.c requires ANSI C, i.e. won't work in vanilla SunOS4, at | * The lib/src/pack_c.c requires ANSI C, i.e. won't work in vanilla SunOS4, at |
| least. Could be fixed if anyone needs it. | least. Could be fixed if anyone needs it. |
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| * The `proclean' component of Procheck doesn't compile on (some?) ESV systems, |
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| apparently due to a compiler bug. The `f2c' compiler reportedly works if |
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| you can't get a fix for the MIPS compiler. Beware also that there is a |
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| system `tplot' command which could clash with one of the prochek components. |
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