[El] gdal-java

[Ralph Apel]

Consider upgrading to 1.7.3 ?

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Running it.geosolutions.imageio.plugins.doq1.DOQ1Test
Nov 18, 2010 10:56:11 AM
it.geosolutions.imageio.gdalframework.GDALUtilities loadGDAL
INFO: GDAL Native Library loaded (version: 1.7.2)
Error: One factory fails for the operation "ImageRead"
Occurs in: javax.media.jai.ThreadSafeOperationRegistry
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException


On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 10:10 +0530, Viji V Nair wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> gdal is already available on the repo, is there any specific reason
> for this rebuild?
> 
> if not, i would suggest we should focus on building new apps rather
> than duplicating the same.
> 
> If the current gdal is having any issues please file a bug report or
> write to me, will get it fixed.
> 
> I have noticed that java is broken in gdal 1.7.2, it wont build the
> jnis properly if libtools is enabled. The same is fixed in 1.7.3 with
> lots of another fixes. I am in process of upgrading the same to the
> current version.
> 
> Thoughts welcome.....
> 
> Thanks
> Viji
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:09 AM, Ralph Apel <r.apel at r-apel.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am now working on gdal-1.7.2-5_3; building it on my local CentOS 5.5,
> > as well as on a Fedora 12 and within an unmodified mock cfg i.e.
> > https://projects.argeo.org/elgis/svn/factory/trunk/modules/org.argeo.elgis.rpmfactory/files/etc/mock/elgis-5-testing-i386.cfg
> >
> > I essentially added the JPackage compat bits, in order to be able to
> > build a new and better imageio-ext package. I now do have %check active.
> >
> > Have had some trouble with the JPackage macro %add_to_maven_depmap which
> > evidently entered into some cross influence with
> >
> > %{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from
> > distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
> > %{!?ruby_sitearch: %define ruby_sitearch %(ruby -rrbconfig -e 'puts
> > Config::CONFIG["sitearchdir"]')}
> >
> > sort of "undefining" both. Finally I only have been able to solve the
> > problem by shifting the %add_to_maven_depmap to the end of the %install
> > section and using files for the %files section of -python and -ruby
> >
> >
> > Hoping to get it done soon and then proceed to with imageio-ext ...
> >
> > Which is the procedure for uploads?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Ralph
> >
> > On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 10:31 +0100, Ralph Apel wrote:
> >> Hi Mathieu,
> >>
> >> after rebuilding gdal-1.7.2-5_2.src.rpm on my box (had to disable tests
> >> for some reason), there are only some minor details to add, as well as
> >> consequences for other packages, i.e. imageio-ext. Here my comments:
> >>
> >> ========================================================================
> >>
> >> 1) The file locations for gdal-java are basically OK.
> >>
> >> 2) But there should be a versionless symlink /usr/share/java/gdal.jar
> >> --> gdal-1.7.2.jar (according to JPackage rules as adopted by many
> >> distros)
> >>
> >> 3) Marking gdal-java as architecture dependent (i.e. .i386.rpm, etc.) is
> >> OK because the shared libraries contained in this packages do the job
> >> and the Java classes are for binding purposes only.
> >>
> >> 4) But in order to just compile (not run) some reference to the gdal
> >> bindings the (arch independent) jar file is sufficient. This is what
> >> it.geosolutions do with their imageio-ext: they provide the jar file
> >> from gdal-1.7.2 naming it "gdal-bindings" from their point of view.
> >>
> >> 5) Therefore a new imageio-ext package should drop the
> >>
> >> $ tar tzf SOURCES/imageio-ext-1.1-SNAPSHOT.tgz | grep jar$ | grep gdal
> >> imageio-ext-1.1-SNAPSHOT/deploy/jar/gdal-1.7.2.jar
> >>
> >> and (Build)Require gdal-java instead.
> >>
> >> 6) In such a new imageio-ext package there will be no need for
> >>
> >> $ rpm -ql imageio-ext | grep bindings
> >> /usr/share/java/imageio-ext/gdal-bindings-1.7.2.jar
> >> /usr/share/java/imageio-ext/gdal-bindings.jar
> >> /usr/share/maven2/poms/JPP.imageio-ext-gdal-bindings.pom
> >> $ more /usr/share/maven2/poms/JPP.imageio-ext-gdal-bindings.pom
> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> >> <project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
> >> http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
> >> xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
> >>     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
> >>   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
> >>   <groupId>it.geosolutions.imageio-ext</groupId>
> >>   <artifactId>imageio-ext-gdal-bindings</artifactId>
> >>   <version>1.7.2</version>
> >> </project>
> >>
> >> 7) Then, there also should be a .pom file for gdal-java, as well as a so
> >> called "dependency mapping" (depmap)
> >>
> >> 8) Regarding the pom file as such, the only reference I have been able
> >> to find is
> >> http://www.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2007-March/012266.html
> >> to no avail.
> >>
> >> I would propose to start with a very simple one like
> >>
> >> <project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
> >> http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
> >> xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
> >>     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
> >>   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
> >>   <groupId>org.gdal</groupId>
> >>   <artifactId>gdal-java-bindings</artifactId>
> >>   <version>1.7.2</version>
> >> </project>
> >>
> >> 9) In the gdal-java subpackage, this pom should be located
> >> at /usr/share/maven2/poms/JPP-gdal.pom
> >> consistent with the location of the versionless
> >> symlink /usr/share/java/gdal.jar
> >>
> >> 10) If using jpackage-utils like
> >>
> >> BuildRequires:  jpackage-utils >= 0:1.7.5
> >> Requires:  jpackage-utils >= 0:1.7.5
> >> Requires(post):    jpackage-utils >= 0:1.7.5
> >> Requires(postun):  jpackage-utils >= 0:1.7.5
> >>
> >> in the %install section there should be a
> >>
> >> %add_to_maven_depmap org.gdal gdal-java-bindings %{version} JPP %{name}
> >>
> >> This macro creates a file /etc/maven/fragments/gdal for install,
> >> containing a "depmap" like
> >>
> >> <dependency>
> >>     <maven>
> >>         <groupId>org.gdal</groupId>
> >>         <artifactId>gdal-java-bindings</artifactId>
> >>         <version>1.7.2</version>
> >>     </maven>
> >>     <jpp>
> >>         <groupId>JPP</groupId>
> >>         <artifactId>gdal</artifactId>
> >>         <version>1.7.2</version>
> >>     </jpp>
> >> </dependency>
> >>
> >> which will be processed by maven2 from JPP permitting it to find the
> >> jar.
> >>
> >> If another macro
> >>
> >> %update_maven_depmap
> >>
> >> is included in %post as well as in %postun (of the gdal-java subpackage,
> >> I guess), then the "depmap summaries" in
> >>
> >> /etc/maven/maven2-depmap.xml
> >> /etc/maven/maven2-versionless-depmap.xml
> >>
> >> will be updated on install/uninstall.
> >>
> >> ========================================================================
> >>
> >> I will now test these modifications and prepare a modified imageio-ex
> >> package (which does still have some other issues to solve):
> >>
> >> $ tar tzf SOURCES/imageio-ext-1.1-SNAPSHOT.tgz | grep jar$
> >> imageio-ext-1.1-SNAPSHOT/deploy/jar/SwanHeaderSchema.jar
> >> imageio-ext-1.1-SNAPSHOT/deploy/jar/ncsa_jhdf.jar
> >> imageio-ext-1.1-SNAPSHOT/deploy/jar/jmagick.jar
> >> imageio-ext-1.1-SNAPSHOT/deploy/jar/kdu_jni.jar
> >> imageio-ext-1.1-SNAPSHOT/deploy/jar/gdal-1.7.2.jar
> >> imageio-ext-1.1-SNAPSHOT/plugin/swan/header/SwanHeaderSchema.jar
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Ralph
> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >> On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 10:11 +0100, Mathieu Baudier wrote:
> >> > Hi Ralph,
> >> >
> >> > while you are looking around the native libraries required for Java
> >> > GIS, I would be very interested in your opinion about the gdal-java
> >> > package (the version in testing).
> >> >
> >> > I kind of hacked the gdal spec file so that the JNI libraries are also
> >> > produced and installed.
> >> > But I'm not so sure that I did it properly and consistently with Java
> >> > packaging rules on EL (I had a look at Fedora Java packaging
> >> > guidelines, but did not implement all that they recommend).
> >> >
> >> > Moreover I am not sure whether the (arch independent) Java JAR file
> >> > which is produced, is also properly installed for use with other
> >> > applications.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance!
> >> >
> >> > Mathieu
> >>
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