[El] GDAL 1.7.3 in elgis-testing

[Viji V Nair]

Hi Ralf

On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:35 PM, Ralph Apel <r.apel at r-apel.de> wrote:
> Hi Viji,
>
> we would need to decide whether to have only one soname pointing either
> to the "normal" or to the iioext "real" file or to have different
> sonames (in different packages, of course +1). If we use differing
> sonames, the iomageio-ext classes will have to be patched to look for
> that differing .so

I would suggest different sonames in different package. This will be
safer and we can have a separate package.

Mathieu, what do u think?

>
> Anyhow, we should proceed with any scheme in "testing" and defer a
> definitive decision to when we have gathered more experience.
>

If you are okay with the above, we should enter the testing face with
this conclusion.

Thanks
Viji

> Cheers,

> Ralph
>
> On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 17:20 +0530, Viji V Nair wrote:
>> Hi Ralf
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Ralph Apel <r.apel at r-apel.de> wrote:
>> > And wouldn't it be possible to use the "update-alternatives" system,
>> > with a generic called "gdaljni" and two alternatives called "gdal" (for
>> > the original java bindings) and iioext (for those with the patch from
>> > geosolutions).
>> >
>> > This alternative would set
>> > /usr/lib/libgdaljni.so.1
>> >
>> > with several slaves, i.e.
>> >
>> > /usr/lib/libgdaljni.so
>> > /usr/lib/libgdalconstjni.so.1
>> > /usr/lib/libgdalconstjni.so
>> >
>> > as well as
>> >
>> > /usr/share/java/gdal.jar
>> >
>> > For the real files use a prio for gdal original
>> >
>> > /usr/lib/libgdaljni.so.1.14.3
>> > /usr/lib/libgdalconstjni.so.1.14.3
>> > /usr/share/java/gdal-1.7.3.jar
>> >
>> > whereas for the patched Java binding use "gdaliioext", i.e.
>> > /usr/lib/libgdaliioextjni.so.1.14.3
>> > /usr/lib/libgdaliioextconstjni.so.1.14.3
>> > /usr/share/java/gdaliioext-1.7.3.jar
>>
>> Absolutely, we are on the same page :). I was also thinking about the
>> same, but we need to use a different soname here, instead of renaming
>> the libraries we will patch the source to have this soname, what do
>> you think?
>>
>> Also, what about having the gdaliioext on a different package?, I mean
>> gdal-javaiioext OR gdal-java-imageio
>>
>> Like:
>>
>> <snip>
>> %files java-imageio
>> %defattr(-,root,root,-)
>> %{_javadir}/gdaliioext.jar
>> %{_javadir}/gdaliioext-1.7.3.jar
>> %{_libdir}/*ioextjni.so.*
>> </snip>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Viji
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 12:20 +0530, Viji V Nair wrote:
>> >> Hi Mathieu/Ralf
>> >>
>> >> One last issue:
>> >>
>> >> Ralf has mailed two versions:
>> >>
>> >> 1. gdal with image-io extension for Fedora12/EL6 and above
>> >> 2. gdal with image-io extension for EL5
>> >>
>> >> Unfortunately, the spec file which Mathieu using for EL5 doesn't have
>> >> the proper image-io support because it is using the normal *.jni.so*
>> >> from swig/java/.libs/*.so* (Though the jar files are proper)
>> >>
>> >> Look at the following lines from the spec file
>> >>
>> >> <snip>
>> >> # copy JNI libraries and links, non versioned link needed by JNI
>> >> cp -pvl swig/java/.libs/*.so*  \
>> >>       %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
>> >> </snip>
>> >>
>> >> This has to be like following for the image-io support
>> >>
>> >> <snip>
>> >> cp -pvl swig-imageio-ext/java/.libs/*.so*  \
>> >>       %{buildroot}%{_libdir}
>> >> </snip>
>> >>
>> >> As we discussed earlier, in image-io scenario there are two sets of
>> >> *jni.so* created, from swig and swig-imageio-ext. The only call which
>> >> we need to take here is, which set of libraries should be included in
>> >> the main distribution, i mean in the gdal-java package.
>> >>
>> >> 1. The jni libraries with image-io support in gdal-java package and
>> >> the normal ones are in a different package on ELGIS repo
>> >> 2. The native jnis in gdal-java package and the image-io ones are on ELGIS repo.
>> >>
>> >> This is the call which we need to take between us, then we can create
>> >> a common final spec (anyway working on it) which can be used for
>> >> EL5/EL6/F12 and above.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Viji
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Mathieu Baudier <mbaudier at argeo.org> wrote:
>> >> >> @Ralf:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I am sorry, I missed your latest image-io files, can you or Mathieu
>> >> >> please send a final spec and patches with maven2+image-io so that I
>> >> >> can integrate the same.
>> >> >
>> >> > Here is the version currently available in elgis-testing:
>> >> > https://projects.argeo.org/elgis/svn/factory/trunk/rpmbuild/elgis/gdal/SPECS/gdal.spec
>> >> >
>> >> > I haven't reported your maven2 workaround (hence the discussion).
>> >> > Please start from this one, create a new Fedora gdal.spec file with
>> >> > the maven2 exclude for EL5, and I'll merge it / adapt it for EL5.
>> >> >
>> >> > We're almost there!
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