[gdal-dev] Definition conflict in HDF4 driver?

[Frank Warmerdam]

Kor de Jong wrote:
> Hi Sjur,
> 
> On Tuesday 28 October 2008 13:26:45 Kolberg Sjur A wrote:
>> I seem to get a conflict between the GDAL file hdf4dataset.h and the HDF4
>> file mfhdfi.h concerning 'UNKNOWN' as an enum definition: 1>c:\program
>> files\gdal-1.5.3\frmts\hdf4\hdf4dataset.h(55) : error C2365: 'UNKNOWN' :
>> redefinition; previous definition was 'enumerator' 1> c:\program
>> files\hdf42r3\include\mfhdfi.h(26) : see declaration of 'UNKNOWN'
> 
> I recognize the message and fixed it like this (as per some tip I found
> some time ago while Googling on the error message):
> 
> sed -i "s! UNKNOWN! UNKNOWNPRODUCT!" frmts/hdf4/*.{h,cpp}
> sed -i "s!\"UNKNOWN!\"UNKNOWNPRODUCT!" frmts/hdf4/*.{h,cpp}
> 
> (Replace UNKNOWN by UNKNOWNPRODUCT in the relevant files to prevent
> the conflict. Note the space and double quote in front of the words.)
> 
> Other than that I was able to build Gdal with hdf4.2r3 support.

Kor,

Is this something you would be willing to commit in trunk before the
Beta is snapped later tomorrow?  If not could you or Sjur file a ticket
on the issue?

Best regards,
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