Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 00:03:04 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Kevin S. Brackett" <ksb@abyss.net> Cc: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu>, Gianmarco Giovannelli <gmarco@scotty.masternet.it>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compupic Message-ID: <19990927000304.C5787@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909231104010.337-100000@nightmare.abyss.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909231002030.42726-100000@peloton.runet.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909231104010.337-100000@nightmare.abyss.net>
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On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 11:05:50AM -0400, Kevin S. Brackett wrote:
> Easy fix:
>
> ln -s /path/to/compupic/binary /usr/local/bin/compupic
>
> It seems to want to respawn the program so being in $PATH fixes the
> problem.
>
I e-mailed Photodex about this and they've promised to get on and
fix it:
> There is one minor problem I (and a few others)
> have found, it can't really be called a bug though.
>
> It appears that the icon directory is hard-coded.
> If you start compupic from any directory other than
> /usr/local/bin (where the symlink is) then you get
> the error:
>
> compupic:couldn't open file "../compupic/english/icons/if.rc"
>
> you have to start it with with the full path, i.e.
> ``/usr/local/bin/compupic''
>
Actually, this is a bug....compupic should be able to be
run from any directory. We'll get on this and fix it.
Thanks for the report.
> - kevin
>
> On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Brett Taylor wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote:
> >
> > > I am not able to run it :
> > >
> > > gmarco:/usr/tmp/compupic# ./compupic [any options]
> > > compupic: abnormal termination: (null)
> >
> > > This is my env: FreeBSD gmarco.eclipse.org 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD
> > > 4.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Sep 20 09:40:42 CEST
> >
> > I have the same problem here on my 3.2-STABLE machine.
> >
> > Brett
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