IRAF Linux64 - noao photcal - problem
rjvo wrote on May 25, 2018
noao bin.linux64 x_photcal.e
is the ELF 32-bit LSB executable, so it does not work.
Any suggestion?
Rob Steele wrote on May 29, 2018
Based on the information you provided I don't really a) understand the problem or b) have a way to reproduce it. Could you provide additional information and some examples of what is going wrong?
Rob Steele
rjvo wrote on May 30, 2018
the task simply does not run - no execution, crash.
the file `x_photcal.e` in 32-bit and 64-bit versions are the same.
Rob Steele wrote on May 31, 2018
If you look into the original 64-bit Linux binary of IRAF, there is x_photcal.e that replaced the 32 bit version. This makes problems if the system cannot run 32 bit executables, for example on the Windows subsystem for Linux (WSL).
The replacement was probably done because in 2.16.1 x_photcal has a lot of bugs on 64 bits which lead to crashes, f.e. in the "fitparams" task. More information on this is found at:
https://github.com/iraf/iraf-v216/issues/128
The problem is fixed in the development version of IRAF (which is f.e. included in Ubuntu 18.04). The fix is in
https://github.com/iraf/iraf-v216/pull/130
However, Fitz has "archived" the development repository of IRAF so that no further changes can be made.
@rjvo: can you try the version that comes with Ubuntu 18.04 and report back if that works for you?
Rob Steele wrote on Jun 14, 2018
The github version of IRAF that has this problem resolved lives at:
https://github.com/iraf-community/iraf
Could you post if you try this version and if it resolves your issue. If it doesn't please post an 'issue' to the github repository and to this forum.
rjvo wrote on Jun 29, 2018
Yes! The Ubuntu 18.05 has its correct verions:
/usr/lib/iraf/noao/bin/x_photcal.e iraf-noaofrom
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=bionic&section=all&arch=any&keywords=x_photcal.e&searchon=contents
Excellent! Thank your.
Last post on Jun 29, 2018