[Gdal-dev] GDAL and Solaris 10/sparc

[Frank Warmerdam]

Shaun Kolomeitz wrote:
> Thanks Frank,
> 
> I had a quick look at getting the IRC client to go, but our work proxy can
> be a bit difficult to get around. I will have a look at getting access via
> SSH, again this is usually not permitted because of security concerns.
> Perhaps if I could give them a specific client address, and then decide on
> a time window to allow you "through" our firewall we could have more
> success. I suspect that we have everything needed to do a successful build,
> but I am not entirely sure of what order things should be in. The 32 vs 64
> bit build is puzzling me as to which PATH and LD_LIBRARY settings are
> needed plus which system wide settings should apply. I've had success in
> the past in building ECW as a separate (standalone) entity, but not in
> getting it to link-in with GDAL. I've also managed to get an older version
> of GDAL (v1.2) working. Bugger me if I can remember how I did it now ! I'll
> contact our network people and see if I can get access via SSH granted.

Shaun,

I understand about the security issues.  This is a common issue.

I don't know the particulars of how to deal with Solaris 32/64 bit problems
and so on.  I'd just be puttering around trying to figure it out.  Though
this is something I'm pretty good at.

Best regards,
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