[Gdal-dev] gdal and mac

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 5/9/05, James E. Hopper <james.e.hopper at saic.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thanks for the answers.  i build gdal with python it fails to build
> so i turned it off.  i know you have a mac now, can you tell me how
> you get it to build with python??

James, 

I build --without-libtool to get python support working.  

> my xcode project for building gdal is pretty nice.  and i like
> frameworks a lot better than libraries.  they package both the
> library and the header files in a single bundle that you can drag and
> drop into your installation.

My concern with Frameworks is that it isn't an "out of the box"
style install and it may be difficult for me to support if it puts
stuff in odd places, and requires different rules to link against.
Will you be fixing up gdal-config to return correct information?
 
> i want to create a mac installer when i get it working so i will go
> back to 1.2.6.  when i get that done do you have room to add it onto
> the website?

Certainly.

Best regards,
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