win32 MapServer builds

[Ed McNierney]

Assefa -

A few releases ago, when GD added the "standard" DLL support, the
already-neglected Windows makefile got tossed.  I wasted a bunch of time
trying to recreate it and gave up; I presume they're using *something*
to build the DLL themselves, but there seems to be no interest in
distributing it.  The internal stuff doesn't get exported so while it
might be a tad redundant it's not very big and won't conflict.

        - Ed 

-----Original Message-----
From: UMN MapServer Developers List [mailto:MAPSERVER-DEV at LISTS.UMN.EDU]
On Behalf Of Yewondwossen Assefa
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 2:02 PM
To: MAPSERVER-DEV at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-DEV] win32 MapServer builds

Frank,

  I have no objection to the modifications you suggested. The easiest
the better.
The only thing that surprised me was that pre-built GD makes things
easier : I tried it once and Mapserver did not build properly but I know
some are using it regularly with no problem. I am also worried about
library conflict (PNG, JPEG) with the pre-build GD when building
mapserver with GDAL but then again this not the default setting and can
be adressed with local gd builds.

Later,


Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Assefa,
>
> I am intrested in reworking the default configuration of the mapserver
> win32 builds somewhat with the following in mind:
>
>  o Default to assuming folks are building against the bgd GD DLLs with

> all the
>    stuff they include.
>  o Disable (comment out) all the optional packages (ming, pdf, gdal, 
> curl, etc)
>    by default.
>  o Move OPTFLAGS and LDFLAGS from makefile.vc to nmake.opt since they
>    frequently need to be changed.
>  o Use /MD by default, since many support libraries like GDAL and 
> PROJ.4 are
>    built that way by default.  Statically linking proj.lib in (that 
> was built
>    with /MD) with a non-/MD mapserver is bad karma.
>
> In general, I would like to make building a simple MapServer build 
> alot easier, and then let people add stuff to that rather than 
> starting with lots of stuff broken.
>
> Also, using the pre-built GD makes *alot* of stuff easier.
>
> What do you think?  Mind if I "do a number" on makefile.vc and
nmake.opt?
>
> Best regards,
> --
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>
> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam,
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Rent
>


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