R: R: [Gdal-dev] [ANNOUNCE] gdal debian package at mentors.de bia n.ne t

[Amici Alessandro]

folks,

i uploaded new packages with the sonamed library to:
http://mentors.debian.net/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/gdal/

note that this introduces build and binary incopatibilities with the
source gdal distribution, i.e. old apps will not dynamicaly link with
the debian lib and need to be recompiled in order to get advantage
of it. OTOH the naming difference allows the debian and source
distributions to coexist. the trick is:
debian (installed under /usr): use '-lgdal' as link option,
source (installed under /usr/local): use '-lgdal.1.1' as link option

no incompatibility (and no coexistence) for python users (but make sure
you removed old gdal installations under /usr/local/).

note also, that all you need for making the debian package is contained
in the .diff.gz file (i.e. gdal_1.1.8+030521-1.diff.gz) that only creates
files under the gdal/debian directory.
in order to make custom packages of your updated or modified cvs copy, try:
$ cd gdal
$ gunzip -c ../gdal_1.1.8+030521-1.diff.gz
$ debuild -us -uc
this should work with cvs after 030521.

Frank, i'm working or plan to work on the following items:
	- make docs (move static html files under html/static)
	- make install-docs (same as web-update to $(docsdir))
	- look inside aclocal.m4 for a place to set the GDAL_SLIB* vars
	  (this should be enough for soname support on GNU binutils)
	- clear the exec flag on files (mainly python modules)

cheers,
alessandro