[Gdal-dev] gdal configure with external geotiff

[Frank Warmerdam]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:07:24 -0500, David Burken <dburken at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
> 
> Configuring gdal with external geotiff (latest cvs) fails with:
> 
> checking for XTIFFClientOpen in -lgeotiff... no
> configure: error: We require at least GeoTIFF 1.2.1. Consider using the
> one supplied with GDAL
> 
> I'm not sure why but the check in configure.in fails.  I just comment it
> out to use the latest geotiff:
> AC_CHECK_LIB(geotiff,XTIFFClientOpen,GEOTIFF_SETTING=external,AC_MSG_ERROR([We
> require at least GeoTIFF 1.2.1. Consider using the one supplied with GDAL]))

Dave,

Any chance there is an old libgeotiff on your system?  Anything 
meaningful in the config.log about what fails?  I do configure to 
use external libgeotiff all the time and it normally works for me. 

Best regards,

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