[GRASSLIST:3894] Re: building gdal for grass57

[Glynn Clements]

Kirk R. Wythers wrote:

> For some reason I have access to gdal through grass53, but not grass57. 
> I just cvs up'ed gdal and was getting ready to rebuild it when I 
> noticed an option for building with libgrass.
> 
> Does gdal need to be built with:
> 
> --with-grass=ARG  Include GRASS support (ARG=no or libgrass path)
> 
> option?

No. In fact, using that option may result in a GDAL library which
doesn't work with GRASS.

> I just can't remember from the last time I did this, and if that is the 
> case, where (in the usr/local) world, does librass get placed?
> 
> find / -name libgrass was coming up empty.

libgrass isn't part of GRASS; it's a separate (and entirely
"unofficial") package. You can't build it from the stock GRASS source
code.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>