[sage-support] Re: Should freetype be updated in Sage?

2013-10-22 Thread Jason Grout
On 10/22/13 5:42 AM, Volker Braun wrote: If you don't set LD_LIBRARY_PATH then calling the system octave (or any other binary) just works as it would if you run it without Sage. Oh, right. Of course. Thanks, Jason -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[sage-support] Re: Should freetype be updated in Sage?

2013-10-22 Thread Volker Braun
On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:27:44 AM UTC+1, Jason Grout wrote: > > Wait: so how does this fix, say, invoking Octave? Octave isn't compiled > by Sage at all---we just invoke the system Octave. If you don't set LD_LIBRARY_PATH then calling the system octave (or any other binary) just works

[sage-support] Re: Should freetype be updated in Sage?

2013-10-22 Thread Volker Braun
On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 11:25:31 AM UTC+1, Jason Grout wrote: > > On 10/22/13 4:42 AM, Volker Braun wrote: > > The best way to improve on the sage-native-execute script would be to > > get rid of it and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH hack, of course. Thats what rpath > > is for. See also http://trac.

[sage-support] Re: Should freetype be updated in Sage?

2013-10-22 Thread Jason Grout
On 10/22/13 4:42 AM, Volker Braun wrote: The best way to improve on the sage-native-execute script would be to get rid of it and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH hack, of course. Thats what rpath is for. See also http://trac.sagemath.org/10572 Wait: so how does this fix, say, invoking Octave? Octave isn't

[sage-support] Re: Should freetype be updated in Sage?

2013-10-22 Thread Jason Grout
On 10/22/13 4:42 AM, Volker Braun wrote: The best way to improve on the sage-native-execute script would be to get rid of it and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH hack, of course. Thats what rpath is for. See also http://trac.sagemath.org/10572 Cool! How close is the ticket to being done? Jason -- You r

Re: [sage-support] Re: Should freetype be updated in Sage?

2013-10-22 Thread Rick Graham
Using the fix in: http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/14414 ... runsnake works fine on my system (Fedora 19, Sage 5.12). The trac fix uses sage-native-execute. On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Jason Grout wrote: > On 10/22/13 12:39 AM, rickhg12hs wrote: > >> Since Sage depends on the host system'

[sage-support] Re: Should freetype be updated in Sage?

2013-10-22 Thread Volker Braun
On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:36:30 AM UTC+1, Jason Grout wrote: > > It certainly can be improved > The best way to improve on the sage-native-execute script would be to get rid of it and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH hack, of course. Thats what rpath is for. See also http://trac.sagemath.org/10572 --

[sage-support] Re: Should freetype be updated in Sage?

2013-10-22 Thread Jason Grout
On 10/22/13 12:39 AM, rickhg12hs wrote: Since Sage depends on the host system's runsnake command, how about letting it have its LD_LIBRARY_PATH to run? Changing one line in .../sage/misc/dev_tools.py allows it to work on my system. Last line of current runsnake definition: os.system("/usr