[GRASS-dev] grass7 build failing for swig/python

[Hamish]

Hamish:
> >> [...]/trunk/dist.i686-pc-linux-gnu/include
> -I/usr/local/src/grass/svn/trunk/dist.i686-pc-linux-gnu/include
> -o OBJ.i686-pc-linux-gnu/utils_wrap.o -c utils_wrap.c
> >> utils_wrap.c: In function 'pyseq_to_ptr':
> >> utils_wrap.c:2495: error: 'Py_ssize_t' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >> utils_wrap.c:2495: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> >> utils_wrap.c:2495: error: for each function it appears in.)
> >> utils_wrap.c:2495: error: expected ';' before 'len'
> >> utils_wrap.c:2522: error: 'len' undeclared (first
> use in this function)
> >> utils_wrap.c: In function 'pyobj_to_ptr':
> >> utils_wrap.c:2570: error: 'Py_ssize_t' undeclared
> (first use in this function)
> >> utils_wrap.c:2570: error: expected ';' before 'len'
> >> [...]
> >> make[1]: *** [OBJ.i686-pc-linux-gnu/utils_wrap.o]
> Error 1
> >> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/local/src/grass/svn/trunk/swig/python'
> >> make: *** [default] Error 2

Martin:
> Probably related to the Swig version. Which version of swig do you
> use. With swig 1.3.29 the wrap C files do not include typedef for
> Py_ssize_t which are needed for Python <= 2.4.

Seems to be the case, this is with swig 1.3.29 from debian/etch:

swig 1.3.29-2.1
python 2.4.4-3+etch2


Hamish