[gdal-dev] Ubuntu, gdal & ecw's >2gb on IA32

[Lucena, Ivan]

For a long time I don't deal with ECW but isn't it a matter of file size limitation on the *free* ECW library?
Regards.

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Tim Bowden <tim.bowden at westnet.com.au>
>  Subject: [gdal-dev] Ubuntu, gdal & ecw's >2gb on IA32
>  Sent: Jun 21 '08 02:14
>  
>  I've got a bit of a problem with ecw's on ubuntu 8.04; gdal can't read
>  them if they're >2gb in size, but there's no problem with the same setup
>  on ubuntu 7.10.
>  
>  Details:
>  Ubuntu 7.10
>  gcc --version
>  gcc (GCC) 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)
>  ubuntu gcc package: 4.1.2-9ubuntu2
>  kernel: ubuntu packaged 2.6.22-14-generic
>  glibc: 2.6.1-1ubuntu9
>  
>  Ubuntu 8.04
>  gcc --version
>  gcc (GCC) 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)
>  ubuntu gcc package: 4.2.3-1ubuntu3
>  kernel: ubuntu packaged 2.6.24-19-generic
>  glibc: 2.7-10ubuntu3
>  
>  On both PC's (from source):
>  gdal: gdal-1.5.2
>  ecw: libecwj2-3.3
>  
>  The binary FWTools dist exhibits the same outcomes- works on bunty 7.10,
>  fails on 8.04 for ecw's >2gb.
>  
>  I'm not at all sure where it may be going wrong, but having a wild
>  guess, I'd think either kernel, glibc or something else.
>  
>  Can anyone replicate these results?
>  
>  Does anyone have any ideas as to what's going on, and more importantly,
>  how to fix it?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Tim Bowden
>  
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