Trouble building matplotlib on Solaris 8

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So unless you end up needing to embed mpl into GTK apps

    > ...

    > That was precisely my thought... Even if we only get it
    > working with Tk, we'll at least have a much better tool than
    > GNUplot.

I'm not ready to give up just yet; I hate to leave pesky bugs
unsquashed. Did you get a chance to try the PS and Agg tests I
suggested above? I'm assuming since the TkAgg backend worked these
will too. It would help narrow the bug to know which of these
commands work on the canonical script

from pylab import plot, savefig, show
plot([1,2,3])
savefig('test')
show()

  > python myscript.py -dGTKAgg
  > python myscript.py -dGTK
  > python myscript.py -dPS
  > python myscript.py -dAgg

In particular, it would be nice to know if GTK and GTKAgg are both
broken, or just GTKAgg.

Also, if you get a chance to make the debug build I suggested earlier
with VERBOSE=True and could send the output my way, that would help.

Thanks,
JDH

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I'm not ready to give up just yet; I hate to leave pesky bugs

    > unsquashed. Did you get a chance to try the PS and Agg tests I
    > suggested above?

Nope, I forgot about them. Thanks for the reminder.

    >> python myscript.py -dGTKAgg

Core dump, as before.

    >> python myscript.py -dGTK

Works with some complainst about fonts:

    ** (myscript.py:8466): WARNING **: Couldn't load font "Bitstream Vera
       Sans, normal, 13" falling back to "Sans 13"

    >> python myscript.py -dPS

Works.

    >> python myscript.py -dAgg

Works.

    > Also, if you get a chance to make the debug build I suggested
    > earlier with VERBOSE=True and could send the output my way, that
    > would help.

I'll try to remember to give that a try tomorrow.

Thanks for your persistence...

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