Re: Geant4 package
Any new of matrix class using libeigen ?
Bastien
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Yngve Inntjore Levinsen
<yngve.inntjore.levinsen@cern.ch> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Excellent stuff this, I found the problem with the wrapper scripts and at
> least a workaround. I have now successfully built and tested the amd64
> version, and uploaded it to our server. The packages will be available
> tomorrow (cron job runs every night). The package in git is also updated,
> tagged & ready.
>
> I am very excited to know that the build instructions etc are now stored in
> a more central location, and that it is properly revisioned. I will not
> necessarily be around forever, and would not like to see the package become
> unmaintained again like it was after Kevin left. A big thanks to Steffen
> Moeller and Lifeng Sun for helping me out!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Yngve
>
> Søndag 03 juli 2011 12.09.30 skrev Yngve Inntjore Levinsen :
>
>> Hello Lifeng,
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>>
>
>> Excellent, I applied the patches, and it now builds successfully. The git
>> repository is updated.
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>>
>
>> I tested the package afterwards, and there seems to be some issue with the
>> wrapper scripts
>
>> g4run/g4env. g4run is essential for this package (you find it in
>> debian/scripts). If you execute
>
>> "g4run g4env", you are supposed to get the environment variables printed,
>> but it returned nothing for me. I will have a look (anyone are welcome to
>> fix!). I checked, and I have no changes made to the scripts since the
>> previous build. Further, I have pretty much no changes to the pathces,
>> except for the "set fortran compiler" one since it used cernlib scripts.
>
>>
>
>> I also have some lintian errors/warnings:
>
>> Now running lintian...
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>> W: geant4 source: patch-system-but-no-source-readme
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>> W: geant4 source: ancient-standards-version 3.7.3 (current is 3.9.1)
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>> E: geant4-common: maintainer-script-modifies-ld-so-conf preinst:17
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>> E: geant4-common: package-modifies-ld.so-search-path
>> etc/ld.so.conf.d/geant4-common.conf
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>> W: geant4-common: symlink-is-self-recursive usr/lib/geant4/Linux-g++ .
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>> N: 6 tags overridden (6 warnings)
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>> Finished running lintian.
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>>
>
>> I know Kevin had it "lintian free" back in the days, but as I have only
>> recently become aware of this, I do not know when it changed. Would be good
>> to improve if someone knows how to.
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>>
>
>> Cheers,
>
>> Yngve
>
>>
>
>> Fredag 01 juli 2011 04.46.53 skrev Lifeng Sun :
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>> > Hello Yngve,
>
>> >
>
>> > The attached patchset removes cernlib dependencies and fixes a
>
>> > regression that breaks the compilation of 4.9.4.p01. There are also
>
>> > some minor changes. Could you please apply it to the repo?
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>> >
>
>> >
>
>> > Cheers,
>
>> > Lifeng
>
>> >
>
>> > On 09:34 Tue 06/28/11 Jun , Yngve Inntjore Levinsen wrote:
>
>> > > I uploaded the Geant4 package to git now, and are wondering if there
>> > > are anyone willing to help me fix it/improve it. Currently I have managed to
>> > > build a previous version 4.9.3.p02. The recent version, 4.9.4.p01 however,
>> > > have not been built successfully. A couple of comments:
>
>> > >
>
>> > > - The packaging depended on CERNLIB before, but since Geant4 itself
>> > > should not depend on CERNLIB anymore (?), I tried to remove the dependency
>> > > (potentially not very successfully)
>
>> > > - The package depends on CLHEP, which has a redistribution license
>> > > problem. We have been allowed to redistribute it on our unofficial CERN
>> > > Debian server, where you can find the package:
>> > > http://cern.ch/lcg-heppkg/debian/
>
>> > > - I tried to build the new version against the most recent version of
>> > > CLHEP, 2.1.0.1. To get that version, contact me or do "apt-get source
>> > > clhep2", update the source (
>> > > http://proj-clhep.web.cern.ch/proj-clhep/#download ) and build the package
>> > > yourself.
>
>> > > - The Geant4 package was very well constructed from the original
>> > > packager, Kevin B. McCarty. I might have broken some stuff, and
>> > > misunderstood some parts. E.g. the soversion in debian/rules have been a bit
>> > > of a mystery to me. Please fix/improve anything you see that I have done
>> > > wrong.
>
>> > > - I am in the final 6 months of my PhD at the moment, so I have very
>> > > little time working on this (sadly). I know though that there are quite a
>> > > few people using this package, so if we could be able to release the new
>> > > version it would be appreciated. As soon as the package builds fine I will
>> > > immediately build and release the 64bit versions on our server, and see if I
>> > > can get someone to build the 32bit versions as well.
>
>> > > - New Geant4 patch was released last week ( http://geant4.cern.ch/ ),
>> > > that should ideally be incorporated as well.
>
>> > >
>
>> > > Cheers,
>
>> > > Yngve
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