[Mapserver-users] GD2 on Win32

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I'd like to second this.  I can't tell you the pain I've gone through over 
the last 10 months or so in trying to get Mapserver compiled with MapScript 
and PostGIS support on Windows.... unsuccessfully I might add.  I appreciate 
the efforts made by Pericles and DM Solutions to put win32 binaries on the 
web, but they can't possibly keep up to date binaries of every possible 
combinations.
Which brings me to my next point.  Why can't MapServer just have post- 
compile-time pluggable modules (like PHP has extensions for PostgreSQL, 
MapScript, etc).  I'm guessing it's more more work than it sounds, otherwise 
it probably would've been done... but I just thought I'd throw it out there.

Anyway, in case you don't already know about this page, this might help you 
out.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/
I thought I hit the jackpot when I found it, but still haven't been able to 
everything going... hopefully you'll have more success.



>From: "Geoghegan, Sean" <Sean.Geoghegan at dsto.defence.gov.au>
>To: "Mapserver-Users (E-mail)" <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
>Subject: [Mapserver-users] GD2 on Win32
>Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:32:47 +0930
>
>
>  Hi all
>
>  Does anyone have a working binary of GD2.x.x for Windows?  I am having 
>trouble getting it to compile on using the MSVC compiler.  I've noticed 
>that DMSolutions has some Mapserver3.7 binaries available using GD2, 
>however I also need my binaries to have SDE support.  The windows build 
>instructions for GD2 are practically non-existant.  If the mapserver people 
>could provide a GD2 binary for users to build against, Im sure it would 
>make it alot easier for people.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Sean Geoghegan
>Information Exploitation Group
>Command and Intelligence Environments Branch
>Command and Control Division
>Defence Science and Technology Organisation
>sean.geoghegan at dsto.defence.gov.au   ph +61 08 82595895
>
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