[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs

GDAL · October 8, 2009, 7:42am

#782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs
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Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: SWIG (all bindings) | Version: svn-trunk
Keywords: | Platform: All
Cpu: Unspecified |
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See for instance http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=549867.
While it is perfectly reasonable avoiding that on svn, providing swig
stuff for a well-tested reference swig version would help a lot
distributions. Swig upgrades are generally done system-wide and out of
control of packagers, and compatibility issues (often subtle) can raise
from time to time. At the same time, sometimes regeneration has to be
forced occasionally.
Other softwares (e.g. gdal) have a suitable .PHONY target to force
regeneration of swig stuff on demand in dist tarballs. That would help a
lot.

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GDAL · October 8, 2009, 7:42am

#782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs
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  Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
      Type: enhancement | Status: new
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.5.0
Component: SWIG (all bindings) | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
  Platform: All | Cpu: Unspecified
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Changes (by frankie):

* milestone: 6.4.0 => 6.5.0

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GDAL · January 15, 2010, 3:26am

#782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs
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  Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
      Type: enhancement | Status: new
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: SWIG (all bindings) | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
  Platform: All | Cpu: Unspecified
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Changes (by neteler):

* milestone: 6.5.0 => 6.4.0

Comment:

I have downgraded swig, recompiled 6.4 from scratch and still no wxGUI (it
comes up when removing wx-nviz and wx-vdigit):

{{{
GRASS 6.4.0svn (nc_spm_08):~/grass64/dist.x86_64-unknown-linux-
gnu/etc/wxpython/vdigit > ldd _grass6_wxvdigit.so | grep wx
libwx_gtk2u-2.8.so.0 => /usr/lib/wxPython/lib/libwx_gtk2u-2.8.so.0
(0x00007f2d1f12f000)

swig -version
SWIG Version 1.3.36
}}}

Do I have to recompile all wx RPM packages as well?

Markus

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GDAL · April 4, 2010, 1:34pm

#782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs
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  Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org
      Type: enhancement | Status: new
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: SWIG (all bindings) | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: | Keywords:
  Platform: All | Cpu: Unspecified
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Comment (by neteler):

Replying to [comment:2 neteler]:
> I have downgraded swig, recompiled 6.4 from scratch and still no wxGUI
(it comes up when removing wx-nviz and wx-vdigit):

For the record:

this problem is solved and was caused by an expat problem (see
https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=57960). wx-nviz and wx-vdigit work
fine
also with swig 1.3.40.

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GDAL · August 26, 2010, 3:26am

#782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs
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  Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: enhancement | Status: closed
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: SWIG (all bindings) | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
  Platform: All | Cpu: Unspecified
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Changes (by hamish):

* status: new => closed
* resolution: => wontfix

Comment:

Hi, swig has now been removed from GRASS in favour of the less problematic
Python ctypes. ctypes support is not yet in the 6.4.x release branch, and
will probably make its first appearance in 6.4.1.

fwiw, wxVdigit and wxNviz are currently disabled in the 6.4 stable branch
and will also likely reappear for 6.4.1.

among other things, this means that debian/patches/swig.dpatch will need
to be adjusted/removed in the DebianGIS svn when packaging the next
release.

regards,
Hamish

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GDAL · August 26, 2010, 4:00am

#782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs
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  Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: enhancement | Status: closed
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: SWIG (all bindings) | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
  Platform: All | Cpu: Unspecified
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Comment(by cmbarton):

wxNVIZ and wxDigitize worked fine for me in the svn version I compiled
yesterday.

I thought these were only disabled for MS Windows. I also thought that
swig stays in 6.4.0, but would be replaced by ctypes in 6.4.1. I'm
assuming that this holds for Linux too.

I may be confused of course, but the new wx tools do work for Mac as of
yesterday.

Michael

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GDAL · August 26, 2010, 4:28am

#782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs
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  Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: enhancement | Status: closed
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: SWIG (all bindings) | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
  Platform: All | Cpu: Unspecified
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Comment(by hamish):

Replying to [comment:5 cmbarton]:
> wxNVIZ and wxDigitize worked fine for me in the svn version I
> compiled yesterday.

which branch?

in 6.4svn they are now disabled in the gui/wxpython Makefile.
installed copies from earlier builds might be lurking around still.

they work fine for me too, but the problem is if they die with an error
they take down the rest of the gui with them, and if a user installs a
packaged version of GRASS, and then upgrades their python or wx later, it
all stops working (AFAIU). also the wxNviz in 6.4 is well behind Martin's
work in the dev branches, so not an accurate representation & probable
source of many already-fixed bug reports.

> I thought these were only disabled for MS Windows.

nope, since a little while ago they are now changed to be disabled across
the board. (in 6.4 only)

> I also thought that swig stays in 6.4.0,

nope, it's now gone. if it's there people will expect it to stay and try
to use it (and this was actually starting to happen too). better not to
waste their time with what will be a dead-end effort.

> but would be replaced by ctypes in 6.4.1.

yes.

> I'm assuming that this holds for Linux too.

for all.

> I may be confused of course, but the new wx tools do work for
> Mac as of yesterday.

ie wxVdigit and wxNviz in 6.4? expected.
(I am confused by this last sentence and your first one in the post)

Hamish

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GDAL · August 26, 2010, 4:35am

#782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs
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  Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: enhancement | Status: closed
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: SWIG (all bindings) | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
  Platform: All | Cpu: Unspecified
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Comment(by cmbarton):

Sorry for the confusion. I assumed that this is all about 6.4.

I updated 6.4 from the svn yesterday. Did the normal make distclean and
compiled. wxNVIZ and wxDigit both work fine for me.

Michael

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GDAL · August 26, 2010, 8:51am

#782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs
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  Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: enhancement | Status: closed
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: SWIG (all bindings) | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
  Platform: All | Cpu: Unspecified
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Comment(by martinl):

Replying to [comment:7 cmbarton]:
> Sorry for the confusion. I assumed that this is all about 6.4.
>
> I updated 6.4 from the svn yesterday. Did the normal make distclean and
compiled. wxNVIZ and wxDigit both work fine for me.

as Hamish noted wxNviz and wxVdigit are not built by default

{{{
ls dist.i686-pc-linux-gnu/etc/wxpython
compat gis_set.py gui_modules icons images README scripts wxgui.py
xml
}}}

You need to compile {{{gui/wxpython/vdigit|nviz}}} manually to get them.
Martin

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GDAL · August 27, 2010, 7:59pm

#782: Please provide swig generated stuff in distributed tarballs
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  Reporter: frankie | Owner: grass-dev@…
      Type: enhancement | Status: closed
  Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.4.0
Component: Python ctypes | Version: svn-trunk
Resolution: wontfix | Keywords:
  Platform: All | Cpu: Unspecified
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Comment(by cmbarton):

I just updated GRASS 6.4 from the svn, revision 37101, did a make
distclean and compiled.

wxNVIZ and wxDigit work fine by default. I'm not complaining, but simply
note that this is not turned off for the Mac.

I have not compiled these separately. I'm using the same configure string
that I've been using for many months. I have swig installed, of course.

Michael

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