[gdal-dev] mrsid nmake.opt

[Jeff McKenna]

Thanks Kirk, I'll give it a whirl.

Also, I wonder if we need to update anything on the MrSID wiki page: 
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/MrSID

-jeff


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On 11-01-10 9:05 PM, Kirk McKelvey wrote:
> All,
>
> I have made a change to simplify build configuration for the mrsid
> driver on the trunk (r21458). If you regularly build this driver,
> especially if you have a vested interest in maintaining compatibility
> with a particular historical MrSID SDK release, please give it a whirl
> and let me know if you have any trouble with it.
>
> Previously it was a manual and iterative process to get the MRSID_* vars
> correct for a given SDK release – especially if it was an older one. Now
> you should just have to set MRSID_DIR and that’s it, even using older
> MrSID SDKs.
>
> The work is done in a new file, frmts/mrsid/nmake.opt, which is
> !INCLUDEd from gdal/nmake.opt. If you have an interest in the windows
> build harness and the patience to examine this file I would appreciate
> hearing any feedback or concerns about the approach I took.
>
> Tamas, from what I understand you have tweaked the layout of the MrSID
> SDK used in your daily windows builds. Depending on the details this
> might work for you anyway; if it doesn’t, let me know.
>