[GRASS5] Re: [DebianGIS] grass and 64bit

[Glynn Clements]

Markus Neteler wrote:

> > > > > Now we (theoretically) can compile GRASS with TclTk 8.4, maybe someone 
> > > > > who knows how can help to bring FFTW into the modern era as well, i.e. 
> > > > > to use fftw3 not fftw2.
> > > > > 
> > > > > #ifdef 's to remain backwards compat with v.2 ?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Markus surely can answer better. Anyway, at least it requires updating
> > > > to the new API for 3.1 in gmath. It's not rocket science...
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > Francesco P. Lovergine
> > > 
> > > IMHO fftw2 dependency is a pain since fftw3 is standard now.
> > > Also, we want to modify in GRASS 6.1, so we can remove the
> > > backwards compat with v.2.
> > > 
> > > I vote for updating to fftw3 without backwards compatibility
> > > to not complicate the things (and to make it happen).
> > 
> > I've commited fixes to support both 2.x and 3.x.
> 
> Thanks, Glynn!
> This is a great help for packaging GRASS.
> 
> Should we backport it to 6.0.x?

Probably. It should be "safe", i.e. not have any effect if FFTW 3.x
isn't present.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>