sysinfo stsdas check word too long

Bradley Walter wrote on Apr 13, 2010

I am new to IRAF and Linux and could not find a reference to this in another string. I hope this is not repetitive.

I installed iraf v2.14.1 on a 64 bit Dell laptop running ubuntu 9.10. got past the no ptys problem but when I ran sysinfo It stopped at the STSDAS check in the external package section with the following message:

Number of declared packages: 4
Number of logical directories: 4

Checking packages ...

Package Path Helpdb Binaries Date
------- ---- ------ -------- ----
noao [ OK ] [ OK ] [ OK ] 15:43 /iraf/iraf/noao//bin.linux/x_apphot.e bin.linux
guiapps [ OK ] [ OK ] [ OK ] 15:48 /iraf/extern/guiapps//bin.linux/x_xhelp.e bin.linux
[ OK ] 15:45 /iraf/extern/guiapps//bin.alpha/OBJS.arc.Z bin.alpha
[ OK ] 15:45 /iraf/extern/guiapps//bin.freebsd/x_spectool.e bin.freebsd
[ OK ] 15:48 /iraf/extern/guiapps//bin.hp700/x_xhelp.e bin.hp700
[ OK ] 15:45 /iraf/extern/guiapps//bin.macosx/x_spectool.e bin.macosx
[ OK ] 15:21 /iraf/extern/guiapps//bin.redhat/x_xapphot.e bin.redhat
[ OK ] 15:25 /iraf/extern/guiapps//bin.sparc/x_xapphot.e bin.sparc
[ OK ] 15:20 /iraf/extern/guiapps//bin.ssun/x_xapphot.e bin.ssun
[ OK ] 15:45 /iraf/extern/guiapps//bin.sunos/x_spectool.e bin.sunos
[ OK ] 15:48 /iraf/extern/guiapps//bin.suse/x_xhelp.e bin.suse
stsdas [ OK ]Word too long.

It is finding the path but then doesn't like something it is finding. Is the word too long related to a 64 bit instruction set machine and will STSDAS work or do I have to make a correction of some kind?

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Apr 13, 2010

I haven't looked at the sysinfo script in a while, but there appear to be a number of other errors that need to be fixed. The message you report is coming from the shell and means some string being used is too long, this is a bug in the sysinfo script and not your installation.

Sysinfo isn't required for anything other than information. Are you having some other specific problem you were using this for?

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Bradley Walter wrote on Apr 13, 2010

Thanks,

As far as I can tell, I used the same sysinfo.sh script when loading iraf v2.12 on the same machine and did not receive this message. I have not edited the sysinfo.sh script and have no idea what could have changed, and I un-installed v2.12 before loading 2.14.1.

I was using sysinfo as a check on the installation. normally if it runs through with no errors or warnings, the installation is OK.

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