New issues from Xspec 12.14.0
Frequently Asked Questions
List of currently outstanding issues.
Patches
Latest update
12.14.0k (June 05, 2024)
Requires patch installer
v4.18
For details about the patch installer, including options available with the latest v4.18, see the installer notes
To apply patches, you'll need to have downloaded and already built the source code distribution of XSPEC. Your HEADAS environment variables must also be initialized, such as with the headas-init script as you would if you were running XSPEC.
To update your XSPEC installation with ALL listed patches:
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If you don't already have the
patch installer
tcl script (v4.18), download and place it in the
heasoft-[ver]/Xspec/src directory in the source code distribution.
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Download the
latest patchfile
into the same directory. There is no need to unzip/untar the patchfile since
the installer will do that.
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At the command line, launch the script by typing
'tclsh patch_install_[ver].tcl',
and that's all.
The script will detect which patches you've installed previously, copy the new code files to the necessary directories, determine whether complete or only partial rebuilds are necessary, and finally perform the rebuilds. Numbers listed in red indicate that the patch modifies the interface to one or more of XSPEC's libraries. These patches will generally cause longer rebuilds. If you have a local model library, it is recommended (though not always necessary) that you rebuild it with initpackage after applying red patches.
| 12.14.0a |
The plot polangle command causes a seg fault if no model is defined.
Our thanks to Michal Dovciak for reporting this.
Report added on Feb 29, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/XSPlot/Plot/
CreatePolarizationPlotGroups.cxx
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| 12.14.0b |
Fixes necessary for compilation on Macs using Xcode/clang v15.3
Report added on Mar 21, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/xslib/ihf/
ihf.c and src/include/
XSstreams.h.
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| 12.14.0c |
The fakeit command does not handle data systematic errors
correctly when using a spectrum as the source (ie. not 'fakeit none').
The systematic error should not be used as part of the probability distribution
when simulating data.
Report added on Mar 21, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/XSModel/Data/
OGIP-92aData.cxx,
SpectralData.cxx and
.h, src/XSPlot/Plot/
CreateBinnedPlotGroups.cxx,
CreatePolarizationPlotGroups.cxx, src/XSStat/
Weight.cxx, src/XSUser/
xsShow.cxx, and src/XSUser/Python/xspec/
PySpectrum.cxx.
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| 12.14.0d |
The changes in the previous bug fix did not include writing out the
SYS_ERR column after fakeit if appropriate. Our thanks to Dev Sadaula for reporting this.
Report added on Mar 28, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/XSModel/Data/
OGIP-92aData.cxx, src/XSModel/DataFactory/
OGIP-92aIO.cxx and
.h.
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| 12.14.0e |
This fixes a bug introduced in v12.14.0 that was preventing
the setplot id plotting option from displaying APEC line IDs.
Our thanks to Shu Niu for reporting this.
Report added on Apr 02, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/XSPlot/Plot/
PlotDirector.cxx
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| 12.14.0f |
This fixes a memory error that can cause a crash in the new bsedov
model. Our thanks to Doug Burke for reporting this.
Report added on Apr 09, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/XSFunctions/
bsedov.cxx
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| 12.14.0g |
The fourth parameter in the bwcycl model had been renamed from
'delta' to 'del' after Xspec v12.13. That was causing parsing problems in PyXspec
when trying to access the parameter by name, so this patch changes its name
back to 'delta'. Our thanks to Georgios Vasilopoulos for reporting this.
Report added on Apr 09, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/manager/
model.dat
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| 12.14.0h |
The newpar command does not properly parse the case where a model
name begins with a '0'. Our thanks to Mariano Mendez for reporting this.
Report added on Apr 10, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/XSUser/Handler/
xsNewpar.cxx
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| 12.14.0i |
This fixes a potential crash occurring with the the bvvnei model.
Our thanks to Roi Rahin for reporting this.
Report added on May 23, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/XSFunctions/
bvvnei.cxx
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| 12.14.0j |
When a parameter is linked from one model to a parameter
belonging to a different model assigned to a higher source number,
the save command's output file does not reproduce the link.
Our thanks to Mariano Mendez for reporting this.
Report added on Jun 05, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/XSModel/GlobalContainer/
ModelContainer.cxx
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| 12.14.0k |
Bug fix in 2D interpolation for the xscat model. This fix
conforms to v1.0.2 of the xscat code distributed on GitHub.
Our thanks to Randall Smith for bringing this to our attention.
Report added on Jun 05, 2024.
This patch modifies Xspec/src/XSFunctions/
calc_xscat.cxx
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