James Holsenback <nom### [at] nonecom> wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 11:40 AM, Cpt B Dick wrote:
> > Alain <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:

> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> Installed the latest version (3.7.RC5) from source and rendered some of the
> >>> scenes that came with it. Some rendered nicely, but I got this error eventually:
> >>>
> >>> File 'isocacti.pov' line 9: Possible Parse Error: Cannot find file 'arrays.inc',
> >>>    even after trying to append file type extension.
> >>> File 'isocacti.pov' line 9: Parse Error: Cannot open include file arrays.inc.
> >>> Fatal error in parser: Cannot parse input.
> >>> Render failed
> >>>
> >>> I'm not sure if the scene file (#version 3.6) is outdated or the include file is
> >>> genuinely missing, but
> >>> figured I would alert you anyway.
> >>>
> >>> BD
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> That file should be included as it's one of the standards includes. It
> >> should be the first one in the includes folder.
> >> The #version directive have nothing to do with the ability of finding a
> >> file.
> >> Try closing and restarting POV-Ray.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Alain
> >
> > Looks like I don't have it. Comparing the contents of the include directory in
> > the version I downloaded:
> >
> > http://www.povray.org/redirect/www.povray.org/beta/source/povray-3.7.0.RC5.tar.gz
> >
> > with the 3.6.1 source suggests these include files are removed:
> >
> > arrays.inc
> > ash.map
> > benediti.map
> > bubinga.map
> > ior.inc
>
> My bad ... Indeed those files are missing from the RC5 linux package,
> however they ARE present in the RC6 package see "Test of RC6
> distribution packages" thread in this same news group ... apologies for
> any inconvenience this may have caused.

No inconvenience at all. Nice scene, by the way.

BD

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