[GRASS-dev] Re: Issues with advanced viewshed analysis on Mac

[Benjamin Ducke]

Michael,

this is to do with the fact that I recently updated
the configure script that ships with all extensions
to the latest version from GRASS cvs.
Unfortunately, this script obviously fails if certain
* optional * dependencies are not met.
I think rather than me trying to fix this in the extension
configure scripts, we should fix it for the global
GRASS cvs configure script. I don't think configuring
should fail for anything optional, including postgresql.

Best,

Benjamin

Michael Barton wrote:
> Benjamin,
> 
> I tried to install your latest advanced viewshed analysis (downloaded 
> yesterday) on my Mac using the current CVS GEM. It hit a rather odd 
> error, complaining about PostgreSQL (kind of irrelevant for the 
> package). I do have pg, but have the Mac package rather than the Unix 
> one, so it’s installed in a different place. I’m also using Lorenzo 
> Moretti’s binaries, which are compiled against a standard pg 
> installation. Here is the error I get:
> 
> [lots of stuff that went right – snip snip ...]
> 
> checking whether to use PostgreSQL... yes
> checking for location of PostgreSQL includes...
> checking for libpq-fe.h... no
> configure: error: *** Unable to locate PostgreSQL includes.
> 
> ERROR: system configuration failed.
> Removing temporary extension files...rm: fts_read: No such file or directory
> shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access 
> parent directories: No such file or directory
> rmdir: /tmp/grass.extension.EgppmY: Directory not empty
> 
> WARNING: could not remove temporary directory /tmp/grass.extension.EgppmY.
> Please remove manually.
> DONE.
> Program exited with an error (code -3). Operation aborted.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Michael
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