[GRASS-user] fix for broken wxGUI on Linux

[Markus Metz]

Markus Neteler wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Martin Landa <landa.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> 2009/9/30 Markus Metz <markus.metz.giswork at googlemail.com>:
>>     
>>> There were a couple of complains lately that wxGUI on Linux is broken. I
>>> just want to mention that wxGUI works for me again (no warnings, no errors)
>>> after I downgraded swig from 1.3.39 to 1.3.35 on Fedora 10.
>>> Maybe downgrading swig helps on other Linux distros too.
>>>       
>> right, currently key point is swig version you are using during
>> compilation of vdigit or nviz. This should be change in the future,
>>     
>
> I am using
> rpm -qf /usr/bin/swig
> swig-1.3.38-2mdv2009.1
>
> I have that version since May 2009 and wxGUI worked. Only
> later (some weeks ago) it got broken.
>   
I have the suspicion, as indirectly hinted by Martin, that on a number 
of Linux distros the wx components and swig got out of sync with recent 
updates provided by these distros. Never touch a running system...

Markus M
>   
>> broken vdigit or nviz should not affect the whole wxGUI.
>>     
>
> Unfortunately it does...
>
> Markus
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