[Gdal-dev] 1.2.0a Release

[Norman Vine]

Frank Warmerdam writes:
> 
> Norman Vine wrote:
> > It would also be nice if there was a configure mechanism in gdal
> > and proj to hardwire the location of the 'shared' data in order to
> > facilitate remote installation on a machine on which one did not
> > have enough privilige to run as 'su'
> 
> Have you tried the --datadir option for the PROJ.4 configure?  I am not
> sure if it works, but I think it might.  I have created a 1.2.0 release
> blocking bug to make the --datadir option work with the GDAL configure.
> 
>    http://bugzilla.remotesensing.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501
> 
> Note, that you can just edit GDALmake.opt and change INST_DATA before
> starting your build.  But I realize many people seem to want to do everything
> from the configure commandline.

Frank

This sort of works for when one doesn't have 'su' privilige
./configure --prefix=XXX

but requires using $ENV variables to find the shared data

What I was suggesting was perhaps adding a configure time
option for setting a 'hardwired' location instead of relyiing on
the $ENV

I believe this would make remote instalation of mapserver easier 
for those cases where 'su' rights weren't available and possibly 
save some confusion for users that aren't accustomed to using 
the $ENV

Then again this adds complexity ..

Cheers

Norman