HEAsoft v6.6.2 Bug List

Last modified Monday, 06-Apr-2009 14:25:56 EDT

If you are using HEASOFT v6.6 and don't want to upgrade to v6.6.2 just yet, see the HEASOFT 6.6 Bug List.

Please visit the HEASOFT Supported Platforms page for current information about supported operating systems and compilers.

Fedora 7, 8, 9:

We have received reports of mysterious memory errors in some software when using the default 4.x compilers (gcc, g++, gfortran) on the Fedora 7, 8, and 9 Linux operating systems. Currently it looks like switching to alternate compilers - typically installed in /usr/bin/ alongside the 4.x versions as, for example, gcc34, g++34, and g77 - will fix the problem. To use these alternate compilers,
```
      setenv CC gcc34
      setenv CXX g++34
      setenv FC g77
```
prior to configuring a HEASOFT source code distribution.

Fedora 7, 8, 9 on x86_64: We have also found that the FTOOLS Fortran dynamic memory allocation routine may be malfunctioning on 64-bit architectures running these recent Fedora operating systems, and we are currently testing a modified version of this routine. If you believe you may have hit this error, please contact us via the FTOOLS help desk.

Source builds on Mac OS X 10.3.x / Darwin 7.x (PANTHER):

Panther users whose downloads included ASCA, Suzaku, Swift, or Xspec 12 may hit build errors in xspec 12 and/or the makefilter task, stating:
```
  error: `isnan' undeclared (first use this function)
```
To fix this problem, please apply this patch prior to building the software.

This code is only necessary on Panther (and breaks builds with newer versions of the Xcode compilers). After applying this patch, the build should go smoothly.

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Last modified: Monday, 06-Apr-2009 14:25:56 EDT