diff --git a/Basic_viewer/examples/Basic_viewer/CMakeLists.txt b/Basic_viewer/examples/Basic_viewer/CMakeLists.txt
index 4106c9defb4..e6aa5faba8a 100644
--- a/Basic_viewer/examples/Basic_viewer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Basic_viewer/examples/Basic_viewer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ find_package(Eigen3 3.1.0)
 include(CGAL_Eigen3_support)
 
 create_single_source_cgal_program("draw_lcc.cpp")
-create_single_source_cgal_program("draw_mesh_and_points.cpp")
-create_single_source_cgal_program("draw_several_windows.cpp")
 create_single_source_cgal_program("draw_surface_mesh_height.cpp")
 create_single_source_cgal_program("draw_surface_mesh_small_faces.cpp")
 create_single_source_cgal_program("draw_surface_mesh_vcolor.cpp")
@@ -24,18 +22,19 @@ create_single_source_cgal_program("draw_surface_mesh_vcolor.cpp")
 if(CGAL_Qt6_FOUND)
   #link it with the required CGAL libraries
   target_link_libraries(draw_lcc PRIVATE CGAL::CGAL_Basic_viewer)
-  target_link_libraries(draw_mesh_and_points PRIVATE CGAL::CGAL_Basic_viewer)
-  target_link_libraries(draw_several_windows PRIVATE CGAL::CGAL_Basic_viewer)
   target_link_libraries(draw_surface_mesh_height PRIVATE CGAL::CGAL_Basic_viewer)
   target_link_libraries(draw_surface_mesh_small_faces PRIVATE CGAL::CGAL_Basic_viewer)
   target_link_libraries(draw_surface_mesh_vcolor PRIVATE CGAL::CGAL_Basic_viewer)
+  if(TARGET CGAL::Eigen3_support)
+    create_single_source_cgal_program("draw_mesh_and_points.cpp")
+    create_single_source_cgal_program("draw_several_windows.cpp")
+    target_link_libraries(draw_mesh_and_points PRIVATE CGAL::Eigen3_support CGAL::CGAL_Basic_viewer)
+    target_link_libraries(draw_several_windows PRIVATE CGAL::Eigen3_support CGAL::CGAL_Basic_viewer)
+  else()
+    message("Eigen3 is not found, examples that require Eigen3 will not be compiled.")
+  endif()
 else()
   message("CGAL_Qt6 not configured: examples that require Qt will not be compiled.")
 endif()
 
-if(TARGET CGAL::Eigen3_support)
-  target_link_libraries(draw_mesh_and_points PRIVATE CGAL::Eigen3_support)
-  target_link_libraries(draw_several_windows PRIVATE CGAL::Eigen3_support)
-endif()
-
 #end of the file
diff --git a/Convex_hull_3/include/CGAL/convex_hull_3.h b/Convex_hull_3/include/CGAL/convex_hull_3.h
index 239d83f9134..38053786f0e 100644
--- a/Convex_hull_3/include/CGAL/convex_hull_3.h
+++ b/Convex_hull_3/include/CGAL/convex_hull_3.h
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ void convex_hull_3(InputIterator first, InputIterator beyond,
                    std::enable_if_t<boost::has_range_iterator<TriangleRange>::value>* = 0)
 {
   typedef typename std::iterator_traits<InputIterator>::value_type Point_3;
-  typedef typename Kernel_traits<Point_3>::type Traits;
+  typedef typename Convex_hull_3::internal::Default_traits_for_Chull_3<Point_3>::type Traits;
 
   Convex_hull_3::internal::Indexed_triangle_set<PointRange, TriangleRange> its(vertices,faces);
   convex_hull_3(first, beyond, its, Traits());
diff --git a/Convex_hull_3/test/Convex_hull_3/issue_8954.cpp b/Convex_hull_3/test/Convex_hull_3/issue_8954.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b68f3f2dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Convex_hull_3/test/Convex_hull_3/issue_8954.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <CGAL/Exact_predicates_inexact_constructions_kernel.h>
+#include <CGAL/convex_hull_3.h>
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <array>
+#include <fstream>
+
+
+typedef CGAL::Exact_predicates_inexact_constructions_kernel K;
+typedef K::Point_3 Point_3;
+
+
+int main() {
+  std::vector<Point_3> points = {
+{-7.71169150943396353 ,-19.809308490566039, 10.0950745283018861},
+{-7.90879905660377602, -19.809308490566039, 9.8979669811320754},
+{-7.71169150943396353, -19.6122009433962283, 9.8979669811320754},
+{-7.90879905660377602, -19.6122009433962283, 9.8979669811320754},
+{-7.71169150943396353, -19.4150933962264141, 10.0950745283018861},
+{-7.90879905660377602, -19.809308490566039, 10.0950745283018861},
+{-7.71169150943396353, -19.6122009433962283, 10.2921820754716968},
+{-7.90879905660377602, -19.6122009433962283, 10.0950745283018861},
+{-7.71169150943396353, -19.6122009433962283, 10.0950745283018861},
+{-7.71169150943396353, -19.809308490566039, 9.8979669811320754},
+{-7.90879905660377602, -19.4150933962264141, 9.8979669811320754},
+{-7.90879905660377602, -19.4150933962264141, 10.0950745283018861},
+{-7.71169150943396353, -19.4150933962264141, 9.8979669811320754},
+{-7.90879905660377602, -19.6122009433962283, 10.2921820754716968},
+{-7.90879905660377602, -19.4150933962264141, 10.2921820754716968},
+{-7.71169150943396353, -19.4150933962264141, 10.2921820754716968} };
+
+  std::vector<Point_3> vertices;
+  std::vector<std::array<int, 3> > faces;
+
+  CGAL::convex_hull_3(points.begin(), points.end(), vertices, faces);
+
+  assert(vertices.size() == 10);
+  assert(faces.size() == 16);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/Filtered_kernel/include/CGAL/Lazy.h b/Filtered_kernel/include/CGAL/Lazy.h
index f62e70e6dc0..fc6d8d4c60c 100644
--- a/Filtered_kernel/include/CGAL/Lazy.h
+++ b/Filtered_kernel/include/CGAL/Lazy.h
@@ -119,23 +119,19 @@ template<class T>inline std::enable_if_t<std::is_empty<T>::value, int> depth(T){
 
 namespace internal{
 
-  template <typename AT, typename ET, typename E2A>
-  struct Evaluate<Lazy<AT, ET, E2A>>
+template <typename ET>
+struct Evaluate<Lazy_exact_nt<ET>>
+{
+  template <typename AT, typename ET2, typename E2A>
+  void operator()(const Lazy<AT, ET2, E2A>& l)
   {
-      void operator()(const Lazy<AT, ET, E2A>& l)
-      {
-          exact(l);
-      }
+    exact(l);
+  }
+  void operator()(const Lazy_exact_nt<ET>& l)
+  {
+    exact(l);
+  }
 };
-
-  template <typename ET>
-  struct Evaluate<Lazy_exact_nt<ET>>
-  {
-      void operator()(const Lazy_exact_nt<ET>& l)
-      {
-          exact(l);
-      }
-  };
 } // internal namespace
 
 // For an iterator, exact/approx applies to the objects it points to
diff --git a/Number_types/include/CGAL/utils_classes.h b/Number_types/include/CGAL/utils_classes.h
index 1b4eb95ce89..f7052a8c59a 100644
--- a/Number_types/include/CGAL/utils_classes.h
+++ b/Number_types/include/CGAL/utils_classes.h
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ namespace internal
 template <class NT>
 struct Evaluate
 {
-  void operator()(const NT&)
+  template <class T>
+  void operator()(const T&)
   {}
 };
 } // internal namespace
diff --git a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/measure.h b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/measure.h
index fd1ad888f5a..d9de6b43ffd 100644
--- a/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/measure.h
+++ b/Polygon_mesh_processing/include/CGAL/Polygon_mesh_processing/measure.h
@@ -912,6 +912,8 @@ centroid(const TriangleMesh& tmesh,
   Scale scale = k.construct_scaled_vector_3_object();
   Sum sum = k.construct_sum_of_vectors_3_object();
 
+  ::CGAL::internal::Evaluate<FT> evaluate;
+
   for(face_descriptor fd : faces(tmesh))
   {
     const Point_3_ref p = get(vpm, target(halfedge(fd, tmesh), tmesh));
@@ -922,6 +924,7 @@ centroid(const TriangleMesh& tmesh,
              vr = vector(ORIGIN, r);
     Vector_3 n = normal(p, q, r);
     volume += (scalar_product(n,vp))/FT(6);
+    evaluate(volume);
     n = scale(n, FT(1)/FT(24));
 
     Vector_3 v2 = sum(vp, vq);
@@ -932,6 +935,7 @@ centroid(const TriangleMesh& tmesh,
     v3 = sum(v3, Vector_3(square(v2.x()), square(v2.y()), square(v2.z())));
 
     centroid = sum(centroid, Vector_3(n.x() * v3.x(), n.y() * v3.y(), n.z() * v3.z()));
+    evaluate(centroid);
   }
 
   centroid = scale(centroid, FT(1)/(FT(2)*volume));