Re: ISIS installing on MAC OS X 10.8.4

On Aug 16, 2013, at 10:38 AM, John Houck <houck_at_email.domain.hidden
> Most of that information is contained in config.log and
> config.status, so those files are sufficient.

My bad …  I should have remembered that you actually dump out a lot
of useful information into the logs.  (Actually, a lot of the config.status
files for the associated libraries that I've built around S-lang/ISIS
aren't as detailed or clear - a shame, really.)

> If the isis installation instructions posted on the web are
> inadequate, perhaps you would suggest how they can improved,

Mostly because at this point, I still consider it a "research project" :)
But since he referenced my instructions, I thought it best to have them
out there, rather than just sitting in a few inaccessible places.
(Plus the instructions go a little further than just building ISIS -
they are also pointing to where to get Xquartz & Sourceforge
gfortran, and that shouldn't be something that you necessarily
want to keep on the ISIS page.)

The extent to which this stuff "fails" on Apple is something I'm still
trying to figure out, and it is dependent upon how far afield one is
going.  For me, Xspec local models are failing in *heasoft itself*,
long before I get to ISIS.  (Anything involving the udmget libraries
is well-nigh impossible on the Mac, using any compiler.)  Likewise,
I have had 0 luck with g95, despite what HEASOFT says.

I am also hesitant to suggest a "better" path until I've got everything
I want working (which might involve some module updates here and
there).

The path I sent him gets me, at least, XSPEC + ISIS + any local models
not involving udmget calls.  I've got the GSL module working.  I have the
Xfig module installed, but haven't tested it yet.  The XPA module is running
and mostly working, but there might be an issue with how it passes the 
WCS around (there's definitely an issue there - although whether it's with
XPA, the XPA module, or the newst DS9 I can't say yet).  I haven't been
able to build the GTK or HDF5 modules yet.

If I can get the XPA module stuff cleared up and at least the GTK module
built, then I'd be more comfortable suggesting tweaks to the Mac OSX
install instructions.

-Mike



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