[mapserver-users] Perl MapScript in 3.5

[Stephen Lime]

Note that users only need SWIG if they are working directly against the
CVS.
The nightly build has been pre-SWIGed.

Steve

imap at chesapeake.net wrote:

> Paul,
>
> You have to build mapscript_wrap with swig.
> In the mapscript directory, you will see "mapscript.i".
> Copy that to the perl directory, then
>
> swig -shadow -perl5 mapscript.i
>
> it may cough up a few warnings, but that is OK
>
> and that will create the mapscript_wrap.c (also a
> .o and .doc files) for you.
>
> Note to Jamie, that the download page at
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/dload.html
> needs SWIG included as a supporting package
>
> Beazley has SWIG at this new URL
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/swig
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Stuber (mapsurfer)
> Silicon Mapping Solutions, Inc
> (410)257-3187
>
> Paul Ramsey wrote:
> >
> > Apologies if this is a FAQ: has the Perl MapScript module in 3.5 been
> > abandoned? It seems to be missing a pretty important piece of code
> > (mapscript_wrap.c).