[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #570: startup problem with standalone GRASS install

[Martin Landa]

Hi,

2009/5/8 Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>:
>> wx-config is not part of the OSGeo4w wxPython package. Probably you
>> need to compile your own wxPython using mingw. Also python-config is
>
> Ultimately, one of the biggest problems facing the Windows version is
> that it's *still* a major hassle to compile GRASS on Windows.
>
> Anyone interested in having GRASS work well on Windows would be well
> advised to spend less time worrying about end users, and spend more
> time making life easy for developers.

Agreed.

>> missing. Question: do we need python-config? wxGUI extensions are
>> build using setup.py. So --with-python could check only if 'python'
>> binaries are available (?)

to the question: any objection to make python-config checking
optional? So --with-python will check if python binaries are available
and optionally also python-config.

Martin

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