> If you don't know the reason for the compile error you get it is quite
> unreasonable to assume this could be a bug in POV-Ray.  If such an
> error was caused by a problem in the POV-Ray source how do you imagine
> that the official POV-Ray binaries could have been built at all?

Yes, we all know that if a piece of software compiles on one Unix-like
platform it is guaranteed to compile on all Unix-like platforms.

Or maybe not. Maybe if you compile software quite often, and it usually
works, and PoV doesn't, it is reasonable to go and ask the PoV-team what
is different that makes it break. Maybe it is a fault with a compilation
tool, or maybe a bug in PoV itself, or maybe just an out-of-date version
of something, but even if it's not a bug in PoV it's still worth
reporting it if only so other people with the same problem can find out
about it.

And Tim, if it's any consolation, it isn't at all obvious to me either.

Daniel

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