September 2012 - Dev

Changes in build dependencies
by Sébastien Villemot 13 Sep '12

13 Sep '12

Short story: - the MatIO library is now needed to compile Dynare++ and the k-order DLL (only in master) - the SLICOT library is now needed to compile the kalman steady state DLL (in both master and 4.3) Long story: * About MatIO Dynare++ used to have its own engine for generating MAT-files. It was in fact reinventing the wheel, since there is the MatIO library for doing that, and we were already using that library for the estimation DLL. So I changed the Dynare++ source code to remove its own MAT-engine and use the MatIO library. This results in a smaller and more maintainable code. * About SLICOT (www.slicot.org) This library is used by the kalman steady state DLL. We used to have an embedded copy of SLICOT in our git. The copy was outdated, and it is anyways bad practice to embed code that is not our own and that we don't maintain. Hence I removed the embedded copy and make the build system depend on an external binary. Here are platform-specific instructions for those who compile from source: - for Debian: you need to install libslicot-dev and libslicot-pic. I uploaded these packages to the official Debian unstable/sid repository. For Debian testing/wheezy and stable/squeeze, I uploaded backports to our custom repository on www.dynare.org - for Windows: I updated the ZIP files attached to the BuildingDynareFromSource page on the wiki - for MacOS: still to be done -- Sébastien Villemot Researcher in Economics http://www.dynare.org/sebastien Phone: +33-1-40-77-84-04

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Status of testsuite in 4.3 branch
by sebastien.villemot＠ens.fr 13 Sep '12

13 Sep '12

*************************************** * DYNARE TEST RESULTS * * for make check-matlab * *************************************** 187 tests PASSED out of 187 tests run *************************************** *************************************** * DYNARE TEST RESULTS * * for make check-octave * *************************************** 185 tests PASSED out of 185 tests run *************************************** A full log can be found on karaba in '/tmp/dynare-4.3-check-Wx2PPvJKQH.log'.

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Status of testsuite in master branch
by sebastien.villemot＠ens.fr 13 Sep '12

13 Sep '12

*************************************** * DYNARE TEST RESULTS * * for make check-matlab * *************************************** 189 tests PASSED out of 189 tests run *************************************** *************************************** * DYNARE TEST RESULTS * * for make check-octave * *************************************** 187 tests PASSED out of 187 tests run *************************************** A full log can be found on karaba in '/tmp/dynare-master-check-10UXwmN3ZZ.log'.

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Status of testsuite in 4.3 branch
by sebastien.villemot＠ens.fr 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

*************************************** * DYNARE TEST RESULTS * * for make check-matlab * *************************************** 187 tests PASSED out of 187 tests run *************************************** *************************************** * DYNARE TEST RESULTS * * for make check-octave * *************************************** 184 tests PASSED out of 185 tests run *************************************** List of 1 tests FAILED: * arima/mod2b.mod *************************************** A full log can be found on karaba in '/tmp/dynare-4.3-check-xPcYYK6CUx.log'.

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Status of testsuite in master branch
by sebastien.villemot＠ens.fr 12 Sep '12

12 Sep '12

*************************************** * DYNARE TEST RESULTS * * for make check-matlab * *************************************** 189 tests PASSED out of 189 tests run *************************************** *************************************** * DYNARE TEST RESULTS * * for make check-octave * *************************************** 186 tests PASSED out of 187 tests run *************************************** List of 1 tests FAILED: * arima/mod2b.mod *************************************** A full log can be found on karaba in '/tmp/dynare-master-check-MAMB9LDACC.log'.

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[Trac] #268: In Dynare++, use libmatio instead of home-made routines for MAT files
by Trac Dynare 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

#268: In Dynare++, use libmatio instead of home-made routines for MAT files -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- Reporter: sebastien | Owner: sebastien Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: 5.0 Component: Dynare++ | Version: Keywords: | -------------------------+-------------------------------------------------- -- Ticket URL: <https://www.dynare.org/trac/ticket/268> Dynare <http://www.dynare.org> The Dynare project

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Re: [DynareDev] list of graph format
by Sébastien Villemot 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

Michel Juillard <michel.juillard(a)mjui.fr> writes: > The preprocessor has become too complicated. I don't succeed in writing the > interface for a list of graph formats. This will have to wait for Sébastien's > return. I’ve just added the preprocessor interface for multiple graph formats. The syntax is: stoch_simul(graph_format = (eps, pdf)); As acknowledged, I’ve backported this to 4.3 as a special exception. -- Sébastien Villemot Researcher in Economics http://www.dynare.org/sebastien Phone: +33-1-40-77-84-04

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[Trac] #248: Add tests for the parallelization engine
by Trac Dynare 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

#248: Add tests for the parallelization engine ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: sebastien | Owner: ferhat Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: Block decomposition | Version: Keywords: | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ -- Ticket URL: <https://www.dynare.org/trac/ticket/248> Dynare <http://www.dynare.org> The Dynare project

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[Trac] #272: graph_format with multiple formats
by Trac Dynare 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

#272: graph_format with multiple formats ---------------------------------+-------------------- Reporter: ratto | Owner: ferhat Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: 5.0 Component: Block decomposition | Version: 4.3.0 Keywords: graph_format | ---------------------------------+-------------------- Currently the option graph_format only allows only one format at a time to be selected. This can be a strong limitation (assume one wants both eps for latex and fig to handle and edit plots). We should allow multiple entries with a preprocessor syntax graph_format =[eps,fig] The preprocessor would define the variable in options_ as: options_.graph_format = char('eps', 'fig' ); which would properly be handled in dyn_saveas by changing strcmp with strmatch. -- Ticket URL: <https://www.dynare.org/trac/ticket/272> Dynare <http://www.dynare.org> The Dynare project

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Status of testsuite in 4.3 branch
by sebastien.villemot＠ens.fr 11 Sep '12

11 Sep '12

*************************************** * DYNARE TEST RESULTS * * for make check-matlab * *************************************** 158 tests PASSED out of 187 tests run *************************************** List of 29 tests FAILED: * arima/mod1a.mod * bvar_a_la_sims/bvar_and_dsge.mod * deterministic_simulations/deterministic_model_purely_backward.mod * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 1, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 2, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 3, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 4, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 6, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 7, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 8, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 1, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 2, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 3, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 4, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 6, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 1, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 2, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 3, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 4, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 5, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 6, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 7, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 8, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 1, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 2, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 3, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 4, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 5, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 6, 0) *************************************** *************************************** * DYNARE TEST RESULTS * * for make check-octave * *************************************** 157 tests PASSED out of 185 tests run *************************************** List of 28 tests FAILED: * arima/mod1a.mod * arima/mod2b.mod * bvar_a_la_sims/bvar_and_dsge.mod * deterministic_simulations/deterministic_model_purely_backward.mod * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 0, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 1, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 2, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 3, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 4, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 6, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 8, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 0, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 1, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 2, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 0, 3, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 0, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 1, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 2, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 3, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 4, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 5, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 6, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 8, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 0, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 1, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 2, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 3, 0) * block_bytecode/run_ls2003.m(1, 1, 4, 0) *************************************** A full log can be found on karaba in 'dynare-4.3-check-iMnzGtXSoY.log'.

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