[GRASS-dev] getting SWIG/Python to work

[Markus Neteler]

Hamish wrote on 05/17/2007 08:27 AM:
> Hamish:
>   
>>> make distclean doesn't clean these: (they are auto-generated by
>>> Makefile) ? interfaces/dig_structs.i
>>> ? interfaces/gisdefs.i
>>> ? interfaces/vect.i
>>>
>>> this patch ok?
>>>       
> Markus:
>   
>> No - these files should be better autogenerated like the other *.i
>> files in that directory.
>>     
>
> Those ARE the auto-gen files. They don't get cleaned.
>
> The other files which should be auto-generated but are currently not,
> (and in the case of gis.i I notice out of date vs. gis.h) are:
>
> dig_types.i
> gis.i
> imagedefs.i
> imagery.i
>
>   
Oh, sorry, I was mixing that up. So
- yes, should be cleaned
- the others should also be auto-generated

> is there any special rules for including of not including fns or
> definitions? e.g. I see that G_warning and friends are skipped; why?
>   
Because SWIG starts wining about the definitions. I know nothing about
SWIG, so
no idea how to declare them. Of course, we need them.

>>> grass63/swig/python$ make           
>>> Makefile:21: warning: overriding commands for target `clean'
>>> ../../include/Make/Rules.make:34: warning: ignoring old commands for
>>> target `clean' gcc -c -fpic -I/usr/include/python2.3 -I./
>>> -I/usr/local/src/grass/grass63/dist.i686-pc-linux-gnu/include 
>>> python_grass6_wrap.c python_grass6_wrap.c:22:20: Python.h: No such
>>> file or directory
>>>       
>> [...]
>>  
>>     
>>> $ locate Python.h
>>> [nothing]
>>>       
> ..
>   
>> Perhaps we can borrow this from GDAL where things are already solved.
>>     
>
> It just needs a little test compile in configure, like everything else?
>   
Probably yes.

>>> why doesn't it respect -L$(ARCH_LIBDIR) as other things calling
>>>   include $(MODULE_TOPDIR)/include/Make/Lib.make
>>> do??
>>>       
>> No special reason. Please fix it.
>>     
>
> No, those lines are already included in the Makefile, but they don't
> work. No idea how to fix it.
>   
Needs to be investigated...

Markus

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