D System v0.6
                Frequently Asked Questions


  1. "Is there an email address where I can send questions 
      and comments about the D System?"
  2. "What's the URL for D System World Wide Web home page?"
  3. "How do I retrieve the D System?"
  4. "I followed the instructions in DSystem/examples/README, 
      but I couldn't get one of the D System examples to compile."
  5. "When I try to use the D System World Wide Web pages, why 
      do I get an error message?"
  6. "When I try to run dedXMotif, why do I get the message 
      '/DSystem/bin/SunOS-4.x/dedXMotif: ../../motifDemo/SunOS-4.x/
      dedXMotif: not found'?"
  7. "Is there a repository of reported bugs?"


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1. "Is there an email address where I can send questions 
and comments about the D System?"

    Yes. Please send questions and comments about the D 
    System to dsystem-info@cs.rice.edu.

2. "What's the URL for D System World Wide Web home page?"

    It's http://www.cs.rice.edu/fortran-tools/DSystem/.
    
3. "How do I retrieve the D System?"
 
NOTE: We log all access to the D System repository. Furthermore, 
by using the D System, you are agreeing to both the D System 
License and the Pablo License. These licenses, which may be 
retrieved separately from the D System repository, are included 
in every D System tar file.
 
    (If you're reading this, you've probably already figured 
    out how to ftp into Softlib, but here goes...) To retrieve 
    the D System source code and documentation via ftp, 

      ftp softlib.rice.edu
      login: anonymous
      password: (your email address, no parentheses)
      cd pub/DSystem/Release-0.6
      ls
      binary 
      get README  <---  a list of all the files in this directory
      get InstallGuide-0.6.ps  <--- the installation guide. See Section 2.
      get DSystem-0.6.tar.Z  <--- source code, documentation, etc.
      quit

    You can also retrieve the D System via WWW. The URL is
    http://www.cs.rice.edu/fortran-tools/DSystem/v0.6.

4. "I followed the instructions in DSystem/examples/README, 
but I couldn't get one of the D System examples to compile."

    The instructions were incomplete. To compile an 
    application using the Fortran D compiler, you must 
    be invoking GNU make (we suggest v3.70 or later). 

    In your version of DSystem/examples/README, please 
    change Step 2 from 'Type "make".' to 'Type "make". 
    You must be invoking GNU make (we suggest v3.70 or 
    later).'
  

5. "When I try to use the D System World Wide Web pages, why 
do I get an error message?"

    Our World Wide Web pages may be offline. If you're
    looking for D System source code, executables, or 
    documentation, try our ftp repository (see Question 3).


6. "When I try to run dedXMotif, why do I get the message '/DSystem/
bin/SunOS-4.x/dedXMotif: ../../motifDemo/SunOS-4.x/dedXMotif: not found'?"

    This script that calls the dedXMotif executable has the 
    wrong path (../../motifDemo/SunOS-4.x/dedXMotif). In your 
    copy of DSystem/bin/SunOS-4.x/dedXMotif*, change the line 
    exec ../../motifDemo/SunOS-4.x/dedXMotif ${1+"$@"} to

      exec $DSYSTEM/motifDemo/SunOS-4.x/dedXMotif ${1+"$@"}


7. "Is there a repository of reported bugs?"

    Yes. You can access this repository via WWW (see Question 2) 
    or ftp (see Question 3). There are two files related to 
    reported bugs: bugIndex* and bugIndexFixed*. bugIndex* contains
    a listing of all unresolved bugs, and bugIndexFixed* contains
    a list of all fixed bugs.