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From: wittlin@sci.kun.nl (Aleksander Wittlin)
Subject: Re: Did anyone compiled xvgr for FreeBSD?
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Keywords: FreeBSD, XFree86 ACE xvgr
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Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 07:58:05 GMT
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In <2rnsli$na7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ljo@johnny5.eeap.cwru.edu (L Jonas Olsson) writes:

>In article <Cq783F.9Dt@sci.kun.nl> wittlin@sci.kun.nl (Aleksander Wittlin) writes:
>>
>>Hello,
>>did anyone succeeded  to run xvgr (data display and
>>processing software from Paul J. Turner, available via
>>anon ftp from ftp.ccalmr.ogi.edu or ftp.x.org) under FreeBSD
>>version 1.1 ? I tried to compile both versions, 2.09 and 2.10
>>under FreeBSD 1.1R, XFree86 1.2.1 and with binaries of
>>XView 3.2 from freebsd.cdrom.com packages 1.1 directory.
>> Both  xvgr versions compile without any problems
>>(a few warnings about pointers refered as integers without
>>a cast)  on 8MB 486DX and both dump core
>>with "floating point exception" when I try to run them. 

> I just compiled the Motif version xmgr, and it was also getting
>floating point exception. The trouble was that several files were
>missing the prototype for atof(). I added #include <stdlib.h> to
>all files using atof() and it worked fine after that.

> If this doesn't help the Xview version you can email me.

>Jonas

That was it. I added missing #include <stdlib.h> to these files
and recompiled. Now it works fine. Thank you!

Aleksander Wittlin
High Field Magnet Laboratory
University of Nijmegen
The Netherlands