Ptolemy II 8.0.1 Limitations

The Ptolemy II 8.0.1 Release notes list limitations. The Vergil welcome window has a link to a similar list.

If you find bugs, check the limitations page inside Vergil, then check this page, and then post to the ptolemy-hackers mailing list.

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What operating system you are operating under (Windows XP sp2? Solaris 10?)

What version of Java you are running. (Run java -version, or use our Java Version Applet )

Whether the problem occurs in

Vergil

The local version of the web pages

The Web Start version

Places to go

See the Ptolemy Bugzilla page for other bugs. See the Ptolemy II 8.0.1 Release notes for known limitations.

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Under Solaris 10, the $PTII/bin/vergil script may fail with:
```
 BCVTB_HOME=/export/home1/cxh/src/ptII8.0.1/lbnl: is not an identifier
  
```
The problem is that under Solaris 10 /bin/sh, lines like
```
    export BCVTB_HOME="${PTII}/lbnl"
  
```
will fail, instead we should use:
```
    export BCVTB_HOME="${PTII}/lbnl"; export BCVTB_HOME 
  
```
For details, see http://serverfault.com/questions/103999/how-should-i-export-a-shell-variable-in-bash
The fix is to download ptinvoke.in.gz
```
  cd $PTII/bin
  cp /tmp/ptinvoke.in.gz .
  gunzip ptinvoke.in.gz
  /usr/sfw/bin/gmake
  
```
This bug affects only Solaris 10. (Reported by Hauke Fuhrmann)