[aspect-devel] Installation error: building object gplates.cc

[Wolfgang Bangerth]

Sean,

> */aspect-1.0/source/velocity_boundary_conditions/gplates.cc
> <http://gplates.cc>:119:16: **error: **no viable conversion from 'std::ifstream'*
> *      (aka 'basic_ifstream<char>') to 'bool'*
>          return ifile;
>
> This stops the installation. I have pretty limited experience with C++ so
> haven’t had any luck in diagnosing the problem. I am running Xcode 5.1.1, if
> that helps.

Can you see if either of the following two options works:

   return (bool)ifile;

or

   return (ifile.is_open());

?

Best
  W.

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