[Mapserver-dev] Compiling Python Mapscript

[Sean Gillies]

Howard,

If you are using the CVS version, I encourage you to use the
distutil scripts (setup.py and setup_wnone.py) from CVS as well
rather than the older setup script from the Wiki page.  Open
up setup_wnone.py and read the header to see if you are
interested in the extra functionality.  'wnone' is short-hand
for 'with None', meaning support for assigning map object
attributes to 'None'.

Later today I will be committing changes to the Python mapcript
interface file pymodule.i which will take advantage of Daniel
Morissette's recent implementation of an error stack for
mapserver.

cheers,
Sean

On Monday, April 28, 2003, at 09:42  AM, Howard C Butler wrote:

> Oops, I was using the CVS version of mapserver from yesterday 
> afternoon about 4:00.
>
> I'll try rolling back to 1.3.17
>
> Thanks
>
> Howard
>
> At 09:40 AM 4/28/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>> Hi Howard,
>>
>> You haven't mentioned which mapscript version.  I am assuming
>> mapscript from 3.6.5.  I had success building the 3.6 mapscript
>> with SWIG 1.3.11 and gcc 2.95.
>>
>> I am currently compiling the development (3.7) mapscript with
>> SWIG 1.3.17 and gcc 3.2.  I subscribe to the SWIG list and read
>> that SWIG 1.3.18 had problems and have been waiting to see if
>> they are fixed in SWIG 1.3.19 before I upgrade.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Sean
>>
>> On Monday, April 28, 2003, at 09:24  AM, Howard C Butler wrote:
>>
>>> I'm having trouble compiling mapscript with swig 1.3.19 and gcc 3.2.
>>> I am using Norman's distutils script found on the wiki page.  Many 
>>> deprecated errors are being returned by swig, and gcc reports that 
>>> it exits with status 1, but there isn't much useful information in 
>>> the trace (like what is causing it).  I suspect that I'm probably 
>>> missing a header file, swig is generating bad/unintended code, or my 
>>> gcc is screwed up.
>>>
>>> Can anyone refer me to a gcc/swig combination that they were able to 
>>> successfully get this going with?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Howard
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Sean Gillies
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