[Gdal-dev] ng-python build

[William Kyngesburye]

On Oct 15, 2007, at 12:30 PM, Christopher Barker wrote:

>> - ng-python installs in $prefix.  This ends up being installed  
>> where-ever GDAL is installed, in the subdir thereof specified in  
>> the python distutils (something like lib/python2.5/site-packages).
>
> I'm confused now -- are they getting installed where GDAL is  
> installed? or in site-packages? Anyway, they should get installed  
> in site-packages.
>
by subdir of python specified in distutils, I mean whatever distutils  
uses by default but as a subdir of the gdal prefix.  So for the OSX  
framework that ends up being:

/Library/Frameworks/GDAL.framework/Versions/1.5/lib/python2.5/site- 
packages


>> -- If setuptools is not installed, install in --prefix as before.
>
> This, I think, should put it in site-packages, like the usual  
> setup.py install.
>
Actually, it's the --prefix that's putting it in the GDAL prefix.  If  
you want distutils to put it in the default python site-packages  
(where the old bindings are installed, and where setuptools installs  
it), no prefix is needed.


> By the way -- William, how are you building the Frameworks?
>
I was using a custom Xcode project, despite the framework option  
below I worked out.  I'm hoping to use the framework option in the  
future (I should ;) when some kinks are worked out.

> Is there a configure option ( --framework or something) that tells  
> make to build them?
>
> Is a Framework build the default on OS-X? Should it be?

Yes, a framework build option was added for v1.4.  It broke for 1.5  
due to libtool changes.  I was able to fix that and Frank applied it  
to SVN this morning, but there is still a problem linking that to the  
ngpython build.  Fixing that may require more fundamental changes in  
libtool configuration (if even possible), but it would also simplify  
the framework build as a whole.


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