[vtkusers] Issuings running make in my VTK-build directory

[David Gobbi]

I've merged a fix for '//' into the VTK master branch, so the fix will be
in VTK 8.0.  There was a small but crucial mistake in the code for
vtkWrapPython.

 - David

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Andrew Lam <werdna.mal222 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Cory,
>
> Haha I'll show my professor your email and see if he'll buy it. I'm
> currently building VTK with all the // paths switched to /. I'll report
> back when it finishes.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Cory Quammen <cory.quammen at kitware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Andrew, you should get extra credit in your course for uncovering a VTK
>> bug!
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:28 AM, David Gobbi <david.gobbi at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Thanks, Pierre.  I tried this on my own system, and there is indeed a
>> bug
>> > that causes the command to fail if the input or output filename begins
>> with
>> > "//".  I have a few guesses as to where this bug occurs, I'll see if I
>> can
>> > track it down.
>> >
>> >  - David
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 7:08 AM, Pierre Turlais <pturlais at seismith.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I have been able to reproduce the problem ( vtkWrapPython error ) on a
>> >> CentOS 7 machine with the following :
>> >>
>> >>  cmake3 //d4-2/VTK/VTK-7.1.1 # Note the double // which kind of match
>> you
>> >> //home/alam38 .....
>> >>
>> >> May you should try reconfigure with /home/alam38 ( or understand
>> how/why
>> >> you get //home/alam38 ).
>> >>
>> >>  Running the vtkWrapPython command alone with or without the // shows
>> the
>> >> problem.
>> >>
>> >> [turlais at wk6 Python]$ pwd
>> >> /d4-2/VTK/BLD/Wrapping/Python
>> >>
>> >> [turlais at wk6 Python]$ ../../bin/vtkWrapPython-7.1
>> >> @/d4-2/VTK/BLD/Wrapping/Python/vtkCommonCorePython.Debug.args -o
>> >> /d4-2/VTK/BLD/Wrapping/Python/vtkAbstractArrayPython.cxx
>> >> /d4-2/VTK/VTK-7.1.1/Common/Core/vtkAbstractArray.h
>> >>
>> >> [turlais at wk6 Python]$ ../../bin/vtkWrapPython-7.1
>> >> @/d4-2/VTK/BLD/Wrapping/Python/vtkCommonCorePython.Debug.args -o
>> >> //d4-2/VTK/BLD/Wrapping/Python/vtkAbstractArrayPython.cxx
>> >> /d4-2/VTK/VTK-7.1.1/Common/Core/vtkAbstractArray.h
>> >> Usage: vtkWrapPython-7.1 [options] infile...
>> >>   --help            print this help message
>> >>   --version         print the VTK version
>> >>   -o <file>         the output file
>> >>   -I <dir>          add an include directory
>> >>   -D <macro[=def]>  define a preprocessor macro
>> >>   -U <macro>        undefine a preprocessor macro
>> >>   @<file>           read arguments from a file
>> >>   --hints <file>    the hints file to use
>> >>   --types <file>    the type hierarchy file to use
>> >>   --concrete        force concrete class (ignored, deprecated)
>> >>   --abstract        force abstract class (ignored, deprecated)
>> >>   --vtkobject       vtkObjectBase-derived class (ignored, deprecated)
>> >>   --special         non-vtkObjectBase class (ignored, deprecated)
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Pierre TURLAIS
>>
>
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