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

[Tim Bowden]

On Sat, 2008-06-21 at 05:26 +0000, Lucena, Ivan wrote:
> 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.
> 
The size limit is a licensing issue, not a technical one; Same code
either way.  Besides, the "free" license is a long way from being free
in any meaningful way.

Regards,
Tim Bowden

> >  -------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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