"geep999" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> John Coppens <joh### [at] johncoppenscom> wrote:
> > Hello people.
> >
> > Wanted to redo a file from a few days ago, and I get:
> >
> > $ povray1 +Iglass.pov
> > povray: this pre-release version of POV-Ray for Unix expires in 6 day(s)
> > and 8 hour(s)
> > povray: cannot open the system configuration
> > file /usr/local/etc/povray/3.7/povray.conf: No such file or directory
> > Unknown error code
> > $
> >
> > This is beta34, started up with the numeric code. Is there a cross-over
> > problem with the year?
> >
> > John
>
> Hi John,
> I have similar problem with beta 34 on Linux - Slackware 12.2 x86.
>
> povray +FT -D +Q9 +A st546.pov
> povray: this pre-release version of POV-Ray for Unix expires in 6 day(s) and 4
> hour(s)
> povray: /home/dad/.povray/3.7/povray.conf: 57: the user setting 'allowed' for
> [Shellout Security] is less restrictive than the system 'forbidden' setting in
> '/usr/local/etc/povray/3.7/povray.conf': using system setting
> Unknown error code
>
> Hope a guru can provide a fix.
>
> Cheers,
> Peter

Hi - I've found the fix. Seems there was a similar problem in Jan 2009.
In vfe/vfe.cpp line 772.
Change 1262296800 (1 Jan 2010) to something like 2262296800 (9 Sep 2041)
And recompile...
Cheers,
Peter

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