v2.15 as.pcix.gen.gz is missing binaries

emma wrote on Nov 15, 2011

Hi Mike,

I just downloaded as.pcix.gen.gz from http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/iraf/v215/PCIX/ and there are some binaries missing from the iraf$unix/bin* directories.

The following files are contained in the iraf$unix/bin.redhat directory in the 2.14 version of as.pcix.gen.gz from http://iraf.noao.edu/iraf/ftp/iraf/v214/PCIX/

alloc.e   f2c.h        libf2c.a  rmfiles.e  sgi2uapl.e   sgi2uimp.e  sgidispatch.e  xyacc.e
f2c.1     generic.e    libos.a   rpp.e      sgi2ueps.e   sgi2uptx.e  wtar.e
f2c.1.gz  libboot.a    mkpkg.e   rtar.e     sgi2uhpgl.e  sgi2uqms.e  xc.e
f2c.e     libcompat.a  rmbin.e   sgi2gif.e  sgi2uhplj.e  sgi2xbm.e   xpp.e

However, in the iraf$unix/bin.redhat directory in the 2.15 version of as.pcix.gen.gz I have

f2c.1  f2c.1.gz  f2c.e  f2c.h  iraf.h  libf2c.a  mach.h

So I download iraf-linux.tar.gz just to check ... the following files are contained in the iraf$unix/bin.redhat directory

alloc.e   f2c.h      libf2c.a  rmbin.e    sgi2gif.e   sgi2uhpgl.e  sgi2uqms.e     xc.e
f2c.1     generic.e  libos.a   rmfiles.e  sgi2svg.e   sgi2uhplj.e  sgi2xbm.e      xpp.e
f2c.1.gz  iraf.h     mach.h    rpp.e      sgi2uapl.e  sgi2uimp.e   sgidispatch.e  xyacc.e
f2c.e     libboot.a  mkpkg.e   rtar.e     sgi2ueps.e  sgi2uptx.e   wtar.e

which looks a lot better ... I guess I'm the only one who has tried to install iraf v2.15 the old fashioned way ;)

Just thought I'd let you know ...

Emma :)

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Mike Fitzpatrick wrote on Nov 15, 2011

Hi Emma,

Thanks for the heads up, but the distribution is as intended. The AS file is meant to be All-Source, but in the past it included the HSI binaries and was simply Part 1 of an unnecessary three-part file install. The idea now is that it really is the bare minimum source, since there is now also a toplevel makefile that allows a full sysgen to be done easily with a 'make' command. In the next release the F2C binaries will also be part of the sysgen build and won't need to be distributed within AS either.

Most users still appear to be downloading the one-file "iraf-<arch>.tar.gz" files and I can see where the AS/IB/NB files will eventually fade away entirely.

Cheers,
-Mike

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emma wrote on Nov 15, 2011

Thanks for the reply, Mike! :)

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