[vtkusers] VTK Build Error on Ubuntu 8.04: TCL Conversion Error

[Amy Squillacote]

Don't know... I've attached my CMakeCache.txt file in case it helps shed 
light on anything.

David Cole wrote:
> Hmmmmm.... so why don't these show up as dashboard errors I wonder....?
>
>
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Amy Squillacote <ahs at cfdrc.com 
> <mailto:ahs at cfdrc.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi David,
>
>     I'm seeing similar behavior on my Windows machine. I have a CVS
>     checkout of VTK from May 5, 2008. I'm using the Visual C++ 2005
>     Express compiler. I've turned on wrapping for Tcl (v. 8.5), Java
>     (v. 1.5.0_13), and Python (v. 2.5); none of these are development
>     versions, and I'm using pre-compiled versions of all of them.
>
>     I get the error message the John reported in Filtering (same
>     test), but I also get an error message for most of the other VTK
>     kits: Rendering - assembly.tcl, VolumeRendering - gaussian.tcl, IO
>     - dem.tcl, Imaging - ContinuousClose2D.tcl, Hybrid - 3DMorph.tcl,
>     Parallel - RectOutline.tcl, Filtering - closedSplines.tcl,
>     Graphics - AutomaticPlaneGeneration.tcl. For each of these kits,
>     this is the 1st test listed in the Testing/Tcl/CMakeLists.txt
>     file. This was a fresh compile. I saw this behavior on an earlier
>     build of VTK, but it didn't stop me from installing.
>
>     I just hit "Compile" in Visual Studio to see if a 2nd build
>     (without starting from a fresh build tree) would make any
>     difference, but I still see the same results.
>
>     - Amy
>
>     David Cole wrote:
>
>         If you just want a quick workaround to avoid this particular
>         problem, you can comment out the "closedSplines" test in the
>         VTK/Filtering/Testing/Python/CMakeLists.txt file. Use a "#"
>         character to comment out the line that says "closedSplines".
>
>         There must be something unique about your system or your
>         python installation that triggers this issue, because we do
>         not see this on the VTK dashboards that have python wrapping
>         turned on... Do you have a development build of python on this
>         machine? Anything else unique?
>
>
>         HTH,
>         David
>
>
>         On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 1:38 AM, John Eke <tonee47 at yahoo.com
>         <mailto:tonee47 at yahoo.com> <mailto:tonee47 at yahoo.com
>         <mailto:tonee47 at yahoo.com>>> wrote:
>
>
>            Hi,
>
>            I am trying to build VTK on Ubuntu 8.04 but it fails with the
>            following error:
>
>            [ 98%] Converting Tcl test
>
>            Converting
>            /usr/local/VTKsource/Filtering/Testing/Tcl/closedSplines.tcl
>            Conversion failed!
>            make[2]: *** [Filtering/Testing/Python/conversion_complete]
>         Error 1
>            make[1]: ***
>          
>          [Filtering/Testing/Python/CMakeFiles/FilteringPythonTests.dir/all]
>            Error 2
>            make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>            I'm not really sure what the problem is. Actually I'm clueless.
>            And it wont let me make install if that step doesn't pass,
>         so I'm
>            literally stuck.
>
>            Help please
>
>
>
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Amy Squillacote                    Phone: (256) 726-4839
Computer Scientist                 Fax: (256) 726-4806
CFD Research Corporation           Web: http://www.cfdrc.com
215 Wynn Drive, Suite 501
Huntsville, AL  35805

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