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From: Rich Cook (rcook_at_llnl.gov)
Date: Thu Jan 14 2010 - 15:02:33 CST

We can also turn this around and let me ask you, what version of Tcl/
Tk did you build against? I don't know what difference the AIX
version would make.

On Jan 11, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Rich Cook wrote:

> Hello,
> I have been on the injured list for a bit and am just getting back
> to you. It would be cool to meet you sometime if you ever do drop by.
> Here is I think the info you need. I have forgotton how to get the
> AIX version information.
>
> rcook_at_up041 (src): uname -a
> AIX up041 3 5 00C5D6DD4C00
> It's AIX 5.something
>
> Tcl and Tk are both 8.5.8
>
> On Dec 30, 2009, at 11:03 AM, John Stone wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Rich,
>> I just got back from your neck of the woods. I passed
>> through Livermore twice last week while I was out in California
>> visiting relatives. Someday I'll have to make a point to visit
>> the lab and some of the people I know there when I'm out that way.
>>
>> Which version of AIX is your machine using? My builds on an AIX 6.x
>> test machine at NCSA didn't have any of these problems. I compiled
>> the Tcl/Tk libraries for myself, but I didn't use any particularly
>> unusual build flags for those compiles. In the past with certain
>> versions
>> of AIX and xlc I have had to do things like override the
>> compilation flags
>> to reduce optimization in order to get a stable build, but in my
>> recent
>> builds on the AIX 6.x machine at NCSA I didn't need to do this.
>> If you can tell me which exact Tcl/Tk minor version you're using,
>> I can try doing a build of the same rev and see if this is a problem
>> with Tcl itself or an interaction with VMD and Tcl.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> John Stone
>> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 06:08:08PM -0800, Rich Cook wrote:
>>> Yes, I have already done that and can give you any info you need.
>>>
>>> On Dec 17, 2009, at 5:52 PM, John Stone wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rich,
>>>> I thought it was crashing in a Tk call, but I don't have your
>>>> traceback in front of me, so that was my vague recollection. If it
>>>> is dying in Tcl itself, then we're going to have to figure out what
>>>> is actually going on there. Can you recompile your Tcl/Tk library
>>>> with
>>>> debugging symbols enabled (i.e. by adding -g to the compilation
>>>> flags)?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 05:35:12PM -0800, Rich Cook wrote:
>>>>> It crashes when I disable Tk in the same place as before. I'm
>>>>> confused, because you are telling me to disable Tk but it is
>>>>> crashing
>>>>> in a Tcl call. Is that intentional? I'm recompiling without Tcl
>>>>> and
>>>>> without Tk just to see what happens...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
>>>> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
>>>> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
>>>> Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
>>>> WWW: http://**www.**ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> /* A function that takes a single integer argument and returns
>>> a pointer to a function that takes two integer arguments and
>>> returns a floating-point number. */
>>> float (*func2(int a))(int, int);
>>> Rich Cook
>>> rcook_at_llnl.gov
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics
>> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
>> University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
>> Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu Phone: 217-244-3349
>> WWW: http://*www.*ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/ Fax: 217-244-6078
>>
>
>
> /* A function that takes a single integer argument and returns
> a pointer to a function that takes two integer arguments and
> returns a floating-point number. */
> float (*func2(int a))(int, int);
> Rich Cook
> rcook_at_llnl.gov
>
>
>
>

/* A function that takes a single integer argument and returns
    a pointer to a function that takes two integer arguments and
    returns a floating-point number. */
float (*func2(int a))(int, int);
Rich Cook
rcook_at_llnl.gov