[GRASSLIST:8979] Re: compilation of individual module

[Markus Neteler]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 09:12:46AM -0600, Ed Davison wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 15:21 -0600, Ed Davison wrote:
> > I have grass 6.0.1 src installed and am trying to compile an individual
> > module.  I have copied the Makefile line  Makefile from v.in.ascii and
> > changed the PGM line to the name of the module that I creating.  When I
> > try to compile it I get lots of make errors.  The was the same set of
> > errors that I got under the 6.0.0 src tree so it must be something
> > particular to my build environment.  
> > 
> > Does anyone have any ideas on why these include statements would not be
> > being processed properly?
> 
> Seems that I have to have a fully compiled GRASS src tree in order to
> compile a GRASS module.  When I did a top-level make on the src tree,
> the module compiled without those include errors.  Now, I have errors
> about linking but I believe that is more 5.x to 6.x conversion stuff
> that I have so far missed.
> 
> That is definitely NOT in the INSTALL file (in the section "COMPILING
> INDIVIDUAL MODULES - OWN MODULES) and it really needs to be if that is
> that case.
> 
> Can anyone else confirm that this is indeed the case?  that the src tree
> has to be compiled (but not necessarily installed) to compile a GRASS
> module?

Yes, that's the case. The GRASS 6.0.1/6.1 INSTALL states:

"(G) COMPILING INDIVIDUAL MODULES - OWN MODULES

To compile (self-made) GRASS modules or to compile modified modules
at least the GRASS libraries have to be compiled locally. 
"

Are you probably reading on an old INSTALL file?

Markus