[gdal-dev] GDAL 1.5.0 on Windows (MSYS/MinGW) for GRASS build

[Ari Jolma]

marco.pasetti at alice.it kirjoitti:
> Hi,
>  
> it's my first message on the list, so hi all ;-)... I think you don't 
> need (or even don't want) a presentation, so I'll go directly to the 
> issue:
> I'm building GRASS windows native binary using MSYS/MinGW; the usual 
> procedure is:
>  
> 1) build gdal without grass support
> 2) build grass
> 3) rebuild gdal with grass support
>  
> and this is ok. But the guide I'm followings is about GDAL 1.4.1, and 
> suggests to build it without libtool and then adding a lot of gcc 
> instructions. So here's the problem: I want to build GDAL 1.5.0, but 
> the gcc instructions of 1.4.1 guide don't work (obvioulsy!)... I need 
> to build it using libtool. I read the notes on GDAL web site, but I 
> didn't understand some things:
>  
> 1) [...] Edit libtool at line 6114 to sed out the MSYS-anchored 
> absolute path [...] or [...]  Edit GNUmakefile on lines 6-12 [...]
> just before make command, and after ./configure command?

after ./configure and before make or after the first make fails in the 
end ;)

>  
> 2) Expat: I have expat installed (built using MSYS), release 2.0.1
> [...]  get libexpat.dll and create an import library with [...]
> the instruction is not very clear... before or after builfing GDAL?

before, so you can tell GDAL's configure about it

>  
> 3) I already have an installed version of GDAL (1.4.1) in my 
> usr/local, but dll is not libgdal-1.dll, it is libgdal.dll, built 
> using the following instructions 
> http://wiki.qgis.org/qgiswiki/BuildingFromSource#head-cfa56b4e7278363ab05f9c130014a85f99019f5a
> and I also have other gdal files in my /usr/local... I would delete 
> them, but I am not sure of what files I need to delete! Can I build 
> and install gdal 1.5 without taking care of prevoius 1.4.1 build and 
> install?

to be on the safe side try to remove old gdal stuff from there

 > forgot the last question: I installed PROJ.4 release 4.5.0 (built 
with MSYS/MinGW); is it good with
 > GDAL 1.5.0? known issues?

I don't know about that. Probably it's ok.

Ari

>  
> Many thanks,
>  
> Marco
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