[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS GIS] #885: WinGrass: displaying r.external-linked raster data not working

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#885: WinGrass: displaying r.external-linked raster data not working
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  Reporter:  hellik           |       Owner:  grass-dev at lists.osgeo.org    
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                          
  Priority:  critical         |   Milestone:  6.4.0                        
 Component:  Display          |     Version:  svn-releasebranch64          
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  r.external, WinGrass, osgeo4w
  Platform:  MSWindows Vista  |         Cpu:  x86-32                       
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Comment (by glynn):

 Replying to [comment:17 hellik]:

 > i've tested make GDAL_DYNAMIC= together with the patch for gdal.c,
 r.external is working and d.rast map=!LinkedRaster is working in the wx-
 gui.
 >
 > is "make GDAL_DYNAMIC=" maybe interfering with other things and should
 this be turned on for Grass64?

 The support for loading GDAL dynamically was added to prevent GDAL from
 becoming a critical dependency. If GDAL is linked at compile time, any
 linkage errors for GDAL would make GRASS entirely unusable.

 And GDAL is a very heavy-weight dependency; on my system, libgdal.so has
 32 dependencies, and that's with some of the less common formats disabled.

 OTOH, given that programs such as g.region and g.proj require it, it's
 essentially a critical dependency already.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/ticket/885#comment:18>
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