[gdal-dev] Seek error accessing TIFF directory

[Even Rouault]

Selon Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>:

In case of conflict between GDAL internal libtiff and system libtiff with which
mapnik would be linked, you can also try adding --with-hide-internal-symbols to
the GDAL configure line.

> Matt Bartolome wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I just compiled gdal 1.6.2 on my fedora 10 box from source. I'm in the
> > process of evaluating some 2009 imagery in geotiff format. I've tried
> > compiling with external libs and internal options with the same
> > result.
> >
> > # ./configure --with-libtiff=internal --with-geotiff=internal
> >
> > When processing the tiff with mapnik rendering library I get:
> > UserWarning: TIFFReadDirectory [myfile].tif  Seek error accessing TIFF
> > directory (encountered during parsing of layer 'imagery')
> >
> > I'm not sure what function of gdal is being called by mapnik but
> > things like gdalinfo, gdalwarp seem to work without any issues its
> > just when rendering a tile with mapnik.
> >
> > When I compile against gdal version 1.5.3 (package install with fedora
> > 10) everything seems to work as expected.
> >
> > Any suggestions or is this a bug in the newer version?
>
> Matt,
>
> I have no reason to believe this represents a bug in GDAL.
>
> I would suggest you compile with the system libtiff as it is fairly
> likely that mapnik depends on other libraries that also use libtiff
> in which case mixing the internal GDAL libtiff and the system libtiff
> could cause all sorts of problems.
>
> Also, you need to do a "make clean" after a re-configure.  GDAL's makefiles
> try to avoid unnecessary recompilation but in some cases it is at the cost
> of not forcing rebuild of stuff that ought to have been recompiled (for
> instance after reconfiguring).
>
> If the problem persists you would pretty much need to track it
> down in gdb, or perhaps with valgrind.  Pay particular attention to the
> possibility of more than one libtiff ending up in the final process.
>
> Best regards,
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