[gdal-dev] GDAL/ArcObjects based app crashes with newer GDAL versions (was How to delete shapefile)

[Even Rouault]

I'm not familiar at all with SDE and Windows subtelties, so my comment might 
be unrelevant. But the following statements are at least universally true :
* if your application uses GDAL/OGR C++ API, you must recompile it against 
headers of newer GDAL version as C++ ABI changes from 1.x to 1.y (contrary to 
C API). Just relinking will not be sufficient.
* for same reason, if you try to load GDAL plugins compiled with an older 
version into a different GDAL version, you'll get crashes. Some checks have 
been introduced starting with GDAL 1.5.0 into plugin code to detect those 
situations and error out properly.
* if your application links directly or indirectly with several copy of GDAL 
library at the same time, it will likely not work too

Le Wednesday 17 June 2009 20:59:24 Clay, Bruce, vous avez écrit :
> Mateusz:
>
> Yes that is the case.  The same application works fine with GDAL 1.5.4
> but not with any newer version.
>
> I am beginning to suspect SDE / GDAL interaction.  I think SDE uses GDAL
> 1.4.  My GDAL library is built with SDE support and I am linking in
> ArcObjects libraries to my application.  I am linking to the GDAL static
> library when the crash occurs.  If I try to link to the gdal_i.lib then
> the program does not crash but it does not let me step into any of the
> methods even though it is a debug library and no GDAL functions work.
>
> You mentioned "configuration".  Does GDAL 1.6 and new code require some
> configuration on Windows XP that was not required before?
>
> Bruce
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mateusz Loskot [mailto:mateusz at loskot.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:15 PM
> To: Clay, Bruce
> Cc: gdal-dev at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [gdal-dev] How to delete shapefile
>
> Clay, Bruce wrote:
> > Mateusz:
> >   Thanks for your reply.  Unfortunately I can not get far enough to do
> > that.  The crash is occurring down stream from OGRRegisterAll.  That
>
> is
>
> > to say, the last call in my code space before the crash is
> > OGRRegisterAll. I can not get OGR initialized to be able to open a
>
> data
>
> > source.
>
> Bruce,
>
> Are you saying that you are unable to run this simple program
> successfully?
>
> #include "ogrsf_frmts.h"
> int main()
> {
>      OGRRegisterAll();
> }
>
> If you indeed can not run it, it probably means your GDAL installation
> is not configured properly or broken.
>
> Best regards,