[GRASS-dev] ctypes not working in 6.x, differences between 6.x and 7.0

Markus Metz markus.metz.giswork at googlemail.com
Mon Apr 18 06:39:40 EDT 2011


On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 2011/4/18 Markus Metz <markus.metz.giswork at googlemail.com>:
>> The stuff created in lib/python/ctypes differs between 6.x and 7.0,
>> the 6.x versions being rather messy.
>>
>> The Make system in 6.x should be updated to clean up the mess,
>> particularly that z lib to avoid the following error on 64bit Linux:
>> /lib/libz.so.1: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32
>
> right, I would be happy to backport GRASS 7 Makefile system to GRASS
> 6. It would solve most of problems, make backporting easier. We just
> need to extend Makefile system in GRASS 7 to support Bash scripts.
> What do you think about that?
>
"just" ? I remember Glynn had objections against both python and shell
script support in the Makefile system.

Regarding ctypes, fixing lib/python/ctypes/Makefile should suffice.
Try devbr r46022.

Markus M


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