[ELGIS] Mapserver 6.4.0

[Peter Hopfgartner]

On 10/29/2013 03:30 PM, Milo van der Linden wrote:
> Hello list,
>
Hi Milo,
> We would like to have mapserver 6.4.0 available from the elgis 
> repository. I am currently looking at the latest spec file in order to 
> test if this is at all possible.
>
> I have a couple of questions:
>
> 1. What is the best place to get(and update) the latest spec file 
> http://elgis.argeo.org/gitweb/?p=mapserver.git;a=summary or 
> https://projects.argeo.org/elgis/svn/factory/branches/5-stable/rpmbuild/elgis 
> ?
>
you could start from this, 
http://freegis.r3-gis.com/mapserver-6.2.1-0.2.freegis6.src.rpm, which 
was derived from the upstream Fedora package and slightly adapted to EL.
> 2. In the spec file for 6.0.1. it states:
>
> Release:        3_0%{?dist}
>
> What does this mean, and what should it be replaced with for mapserver 
> 6.4.0?
>
> 3. The spec file references java-1.6.0;
>
> BuildRequires:  java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel swig > 1.3.24 java-1.6.0-openjdk
>
> Why is this and can this dependency be removed?
>
If you do not need the java bindings, then comment out the java parts. 
Indeed, in the above package, the Java part is commented out.

> Thank you!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Milo van der Linden
>
Regards,

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Peter Hopfgartner
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