Re: [DebianGIS] libgdal renaming
On 1/9/06, Jon Saints <saintsjd@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Lets clarify and visualize the process...
>
> 1. We patch our own gdal 1.3.1 sources and rename the actual library to include the version number
> 2. upload packages to debian
> 3. recompile all realted software once only (mapserver, qgis etc)
> (*** will we need to patch these sources also to find the right gdal library? **)
> 4. A new gdal 1.3.2 comes out
> 5. we patch the gdal sources and name the new library 1.3.2
> 6. upload to debian
> 7. mapserver and qgis will continue to run as is. They can upgrade to new gdal at their leisure because old gdal library 1.3.1 will still be in the debian repository.
>
> Does any one see any problems with the process? If we would need to also patch mapserver and qgis sources inorder to use libgdal1.3.1.so instead of libgdal1.so then I dont think this is a good way to do it.
Jon,
When the patch GDAL 1.3.1 is installed, please insure that
"gdal-config --libs" returns -lgdal1.3.1 instead of the current
-lgdal so that applications that configure properly based on
the gdal-config output don't break.
Best regards,
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