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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the book, Python Essential Reference, there's a
part at the end of the chapter on extending and embedding python where Beazley
describes the process of compiling extensions. In this, he creates a file,
Setup, which is used by make in the build process. In adapting this to building
mapscript, my file looks like the following:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>*shared*</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mapscript mapscript_wrap.c</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I then run the command:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>make -f Makefile.pre.in boot</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is a very simple procedure and results in
mapscriptcmodule.sl (HPUX). Unfortunately, when attempting to import mapscript
from the python command line, I get the following error:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Python 1.5.2 (#10, Nov 5 2001, 12:00:19) [C]
on hp-uxB<BR>Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum,
Amsterdam<BR>>>> import mapscript<BR>Traceback (innermost
last):<BR> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?<BR> File
"mapscript.py", line 2, in ?<BR> import
mapscriptc<BR>ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function
(initmapscriptc)<BR>>>> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It appears that this function actually is defined
but is not being found for some reason. Has anyone used this method to build
python mapscript? Must it be done manually instead?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Russell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>