[vtkusers] Build issues on OS-X

[Christopher Barker]

David Cole wrote:
> Where did you get the VTK source tree from? That file should be named 
> .cmake, not .cm...
> 
> Is it possible it was corrupted by the method used to copy it onto this 
> computer?

That was it:

I actually thought of that when I started messing with this last week -- 
then I tried the tar file, instead of the zip file, with similar results.

However, after your message, I looked again -- the file names seemed to 
be getting chopped off at 32 characters -- an old Mac limit. I was 
unpacking them by just double clicking them in the Finder, which, I 
think, calls StuffitExpander.

I unpacked them again with the command line tar, and presto -- full 
filenames!

so:
  ** DANGER DANGER DANGER **

The default tarball (and zip) unpacker that gets called from the Finder 
in OS-X 10.4 (and probably others) truncates file names at 32 characters!!!

thanks,

-Chris


-- 
Christopher Barker, Ph.D.
Oceanographer

Emergency Response Division
NOAA/NOS/OR&R            (206) 526-6959   voice
7600 Sand Point Way NE   (206) 526-6329   fax
Seattle, WA  98115       (206) 526-6317   main reception

Chris.Barker at noaa.gov