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XSPEC v11.3.1 Known Issues
Questions and comments to
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Recompilation instructions. Most patches require
recompilation of XSPEC. Please follow the instructions below if necessary
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New Issues from XSPEC 11.3.1 | |
| All of the changes below [including the ones to which links to separate source code blocks are given] can be effected by downloading the latest patch tarfile, uncompressing it in the xanadu top source directory ($LHEASOFT/../src) and recompiling XSPEC. The patchfile also updates the version string [11.3.1w at present]. The most recent bug was added on Feb 24, 2005. | |
| 11.3.1a | Using addcmp to add a convolution model
ahead of a multiplicative model produces a spurious error message.
Our thanks to Ian George for pointing this out. Bug report added on
Jun 7, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/MODEL_COMP/addcmp.f and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1b | Reading a spectrum with some channels having bad
quality and with grouping defined (using eg grppha) can sometimes produce a
memory allocation warning and subsequent seg fault. Our thanks to
Mariano Mendez for reporting this bug. Report added on Jun 8, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/FILE/rdgrpc.f and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1c | Any model systematic errors set using the
systematic command are not saved by the save command. Our thanks to
Miriam Krauss for reporting this bug. Report added on Jun 10, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/COMMAND/autpro.f and $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/COMMAND/wrtpro.f then rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1d | Doing a fakeit with no background file can
cause a floating overflow. Report added on Jul 1, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/DATA/calfak.f then rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1e | Reading a spectrum file with an ANCRFILE
keyword longer than 100 characters causes a crash under OSF1. Our
thanks to Glenn Morris for reporting this. Report added on Aug 3, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/FILE/gtarin.f then rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1f | The xmmpsf model doesn't behave correctly if new
datasets are read or channels ignored/noticed after the model has been
defined. Our thanks to Glenn Morris for reporting this. Report added
on Aug 19, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/functions/xmmc.f then rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1g | /* or none don't work correctly when
prompted for a replacement filename (eg in the data command).
Our thanks to Ed Kellogg for reporting this. Report added
on Sep 5, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/COMMAND/cutils.c then rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1h | tclout plot doesn't write numbers to the
full available accuracy.
Our thanks to Jeremy Sanders for reporting this. Report added
on Sep 5, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/PLOT/xpltit.f then rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1i | Reading a spectrum with some channels having bad
quality and with grouping defined (using eg grppha) produces a
memory allocation warning when a second file is read. Our thanks to
Fill Humphrey and Mariano Mendez for independently reporting this
bug. Report added on Sep 10, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/FILE/rdgrpc.f and rebuild xspec. Note that this supersedes 11.3.1b. |
| 11.3.1j | In the help for the abund command the
abundance of Si is given as 3.35e-5 for the grsa option. The actual
value used in the code (and which is correct) is 3.55e-5. Our thanks
to Stefano Ettori for spotting this typo. Report added on Sep 17, 2004.
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| 11.3.1k | The following is an enhancement not a bug
fix. All the models that use the mekal code (eg mkcflow) can be made
to use the APEC code by setting the switch parameter to 2.
Report added on Oct 11, 2004.
The enhancement is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/functions/ldaped.f, $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/functions/sumdem.f, $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/functions/smdem2.f, $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/functions/xsvape.f and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1l | If a non-xspec (ie system-level) command is
given after fakeit in a script that command will be ignored. The
work-around is to include an xspec command (eg show) between fakeit
and the non-xspec command. Our thanks to Davide Donato for bringing
this to our attention. Report added on Dec 2, 2004.
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| 11.3.1m | The pileup model core dumps with a floating
exception under some circumstances. Our thanks to David Hui for
pointing this out. Report added on Dec 3, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/functions/pileup.f and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1n | If the abund filename option has been used
then save model (and auto-saving) does not write out the filename. Our
thanks to Fill Humphrey for spotting this. Report added on Dec 6, 2004.
The fix is to get the latest patch tarfile and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1o | There is no way of saving the results of
the goodness command and writing it out. This has been fixed by adding
a tclout goodness option. Our thanks to Fill Humphrey for suggesting this.
Report added on Dec 6, 2004.
The fix is to get the latest patch tarfile and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1p | If all parameters peg then the user is
asked whether to continue fitting. However the fit can go nowhere from
this point so this question only results in an infinite loop if the
user has set query yes. Changed to end the fit in this case. Our
thanks to Fill Humphrey for pointing this out. Report added on Dec 6, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/FIT/lvmrun.f and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1q | The compbb model gives incorrect results if
the response energy range is changed but the kT and kTe parameters are
not. This can happen if spectra from different instruments are being fit
simultaneously. Report added on Dec 17, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/functions/compbb.f and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1r | When running fakeit based on a data file
with grouping the resulting spectrum can have some very large error
bars if this is the first fakeit of an xspec session. Our thanks to
David Buote for reporting this. Report added on Dec 21, 2004.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/DATA/wrtfak.f and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1s | The STAT_ERR column is incorrect in faked
background files which have Gaussian, not Poisson, errors and where the
BACKSCALE keywords in the source and background files differ. This
situation probably never occurs. Report added on Dec 30, 2004. UPDATED
on Jan 5, 2005 to fix typo.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/DATA/calbfk.f and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1t | Performing a fakeit none before any
datasets have been read in can occasionally generate a seg fault and
crash xspec. Our thanks to Jeremy Sanders for tracking this
down. Report added on Jan 18, 2005.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/DATA/fakeit.c and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1u | The label giving the minimum and levels is
not written out by plot contour. Report added on Feb 8, 2005.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/PLOT/xpltit.f and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1v | xhistory doesn't write out the fit package.
Our thanks to Robert Radocinski for pointing this out. Report added
on Feb 8, 2005. Updated on Feb 9, 2005 to fix bug that sigma values
were not written to the fit package.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/FIT/lvmfit.f, $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/FIT/lvmrun.f and rebuild xspec. |
| 11.3.1w | The error command is inefficient when the
parameter at issue has hard and soft limits that differ. Our thanks to
Pat Broos for reporting this. Report added on Feb 24, 2005.
The fix is to replace $LHEASOFT/../src/spectral/xspec/src/FIT/clcunc.f and rebuild xspec. |
Keith Arnaud, Lab. for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.
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