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27 Dec 2025 17:51:19 EST (-0500)
  Re: exr (openEXR) files  
From: kurtz le pirate
Date: 27 Dec 2025 11:51:53
Message: <69500ea9@news.povray.org>
On 27/12/2025 15:58, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> On 2025-12-27 06:37 (-4), kurtz le pirate wrote:
>>
>> After trying out various sources*, I realize that anything related to
>> reading and writing in exr format on Mac does not work.
>>
>> My version is :
>> Persistence of Vision(tm) Ray Tracer Version 3.8.0-beta.2.unofficial
>> Compiler: Apple LLVM 12.0.5 (clang-1205.0.22.11)
> 
> Did you compile this yourself?  If the OpenEXR development library is
> not installed on your computer, the POV-Ray build will just skip it and
> compile successfully without it.


No, i use an unofficial version compiled by Yvo Smellenbergh



>> Is this a general bug in POVRay or is it specific to Mac?
> 
> I suppose whether this is a bug or a feature is open to interpretation.
> I have openSUSE GNU/Linux.
> 

Hum... not a feature. The error message is :
Cannot initialize semaphore (Function not implemented).


I don't know if OpenEXR isn't implemented at all or if there's a problem.




-- 
kurtz le pirate
compagnie de la banquise


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