MapServer 4.4.0 released

Sean Gillies sgillies at FRII.COM
Thu Dec 2 13:52:20 PST 2004


On Dec 2, 2004, at 2:17 PM, Eduardo Patto Kanegae wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
> Do I have the possibility of compiling Perl or Python mapscript
> locally , upload it, and then use this module dinamically?
>
> Basically, my problem is that my host does not allow me to use "dl()"
> function of PHP. So, I'd like to know if a similar exists for
> Python/Perl/Ruby...
>
> thanks
>
> Eduardo Patto Kanegae
> http://www.webmapit.com.br
> ICQ: 303747254
>

Eduardo,

It is unlikely that you can upload a module that will just work
on the other system.

For Python you will need to build the mapscript module using the
system's python program, and it will also require that there is a
C compiler on board.  This will also be true for Perl or Ruby.

Sean

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