[atnf-data-reduction] New release of RPFITS library

From: <mcalabre_at_email.protected>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:00:56 +1000

A new release of the RPFITS library fixes one problem and provides
better control over error message handling:

  Version 2.18 (2008/09/11): Fortran STOP statements were removed from
  the "table"-reading routines used by RPFITSIN and replaced with an
  error return mechanism. The STOP statements caused livedata to crash
  on a corrupted input file.

  Error message handling in RPFITSIN was generalized to provide
  control over what LUN to write to (default 6), or to disable output
  altogether. In either case the message is passed out via COMMON,
  refer to the prologue comments in rpferr.f. Application programs
  should now have much better control over message logging.

See http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/rpfits.html

Unfortunately, the machine used to compile Mac PowerPC binaries has
suffered a disk crash and is not thought worth fixing (Mac Intel
binaries continue to be provided). Of course, you can still compile
from source code. livedata/gridzilla, Miriad and karma will be
similarly affected.

Mark Calabretta
Received on 2008-09-22 16:01:36