[GRASS-dev] Re: grass-dev Digest, Vol 21, Issue 30

[Glynn Clements]

Martin Landa wrote:

> > But what would the --with-wxpython switch actually do?
> 
> it checks during configuration time python version (>=2.4), if the wx
> module is available ant its version (>=2.8).

But why? The compilation process doesn't require these to be installed
on the build system.

> During compilation time (gui/Makefile) copies script files
> (gui/wxpython/Makefile) to $(ETC)/wx.

It should do this unconditionally.

> It also should build library for wx digitization tool in the future,
> etc.

This would probably require the Python checks, as it would need to
build Python wrappers for GRASS functions, but it still shouldn't need
the wxPython checks.

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