[lsst-dm-stack-users] LsstSimMapper questions

[Simon Krughoff]

Hi Chris,

O.K.  I see.  Thanks for clearing that up.

Simon


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Chris Walter <chris.walter at duke.edu> wrote:

> Hi Simon,
>
> Just one piece of information to help complete the report:
>
> 'git' is in my path, but, as John just answered, I used the tar ball from
> the git repository from the web interface to build it.
>
> -Chris
>
> On Aug 27, 2013, at 4:07 PM, Simon Krughoff <simon.krughoff at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Chris,
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Kian-Tat Lim <ktl at slac.stanford.edu>
> wrote:
> > Chris,
> >
> > > The first is a small bug/issue.  At least with some tests I am running
> > > with PhoSim version 3.3.2 the program produces FITS files which have
> > > VERSION = none in the metadata.  This causes the line
> > >
> > > if md.exists("VERSION") and md.getInt("VERSION") < 16952:
> > >
> > > in lsstSimMapper.py to fail with a type error since although it is
> > > empty it the field still exists.
> >
> > Is the value of VERSION literally "none" or is it just empty?  I'm not
> > sure that an empty value is legal FITS.  In any case, I'd be tempted to
> > say the fault is PhoSim's on this one.
> >
> > This is a phosim issue.  The phosim makefile tries to figure out what
> version of the code you are compiling by using git commands.  If git is not
> in your path, it does not record the correct version and can cause this
> error.
> >
> > I'll file a ticket on this issue.  Thanks for bringing it up.
> >
> > Simon
>
>


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