[MacPorts] #25426: GNUplot is not interacting properly with AuqaTerm

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#25426: GNUplot is not interacting properly with AuqaTerm
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 Reporter:  fehmtf@…          |       Owner:  mcalhoun@…           
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new                  
 Priority:  Normal            |   Milestone:                       
Component:  ports             |     Version:  1.9.1                
 Keywords:                    |        Port:  gnuplot aquaterm     
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Comment(by gnwiii@…):

 Replying to [ticket:25426 fehmtf@…]:
 > I installed gnuplot and aquaterm using macport. i got no errors during
 installation and gnuplot successfully sets the term output to aqua. When i
 try to plot something, e.g. plot sin(x), aqua term starts successfully but
 nothing happens. No window pops up and gnuplot does not give an error
 message. I searched the system log files and found the following error
 message:
 >
 >
 > 6/25/2010 8:45:30 PM   AquaTerm[1983]  more significant bytes (8) than
 room to hold them (4)
 >
 >
 > I don't really understand the error but i belief that i am not the only
 one experiencing this problem. There is definitely no error with gnuplot
 itself. I can create plots using x11 so the error occurs probably
 somewhere during interaction between gnuplot and aquaterm.

 This suggests that one of the programs is running in 64-bit mode, the
 other in 32-bit mode.   On Leopard I ended up with:

 {{{
 $ port installed aquaterm gnuplot
 The following ports are currently installed:
   aquaterm @1.0.1_5+universal (active)
   gnuplot @4.4.0_0+darwin+wxwidgets (active)
 $ file $(which gnuplot)
 /usr/local/bin/gnuplot: Mach-O executable i386
 $ file /Applications/MacPorts/AquaTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/AquaTerm
 /Applications/MacPorts/AquaTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/AquaTerm: Mach-O
 universal binary with 2 architectures
 /Applications/MacPorts/AquaTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/AquaTerm (for
 architecture x86_64):  Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
 /Applications/MacPorts/AquaTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/AquaTerm (for
 architecture i386):    Mach-O executable i386
 }}}

 If I don't set AquaTerm to run in 32-bit mode, I get similar symptoms, but
 nothing from AquaTerm in the logs.

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