>
> Question to all: Is the dependency on an external PGPLOT package really
> intentional? It's caused by a "use PGPLOT;" in PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window
> (and perhaps other modules). If intentional, it should be tested by
> Makefile.PL and disable PGPLOT support unless the external package is
> installed.
Very much intentional - the PGPLOT package came first before Karl came up with
PDL, and PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT::Window relies 100% on this for the interaction
with pgplot (which indeed works fine on Mac OS X using either MacPorts or
manual builds.
The install should probably make a fuss if the external package is not
installed at time of build and certainly the PDL::Graphics::PGPLOT(::Window)
package ought to fail gracefully when it is not available (I don't think it
does now) but there is no strict need to disable its installation because the
PGPLOT package can be installed separately from PDL (as you discovered). Indeed
it would be annoying if you forgot to install the PGPLOT package when building
PDL (I know I have done a fair few times :) and then had to rebuild it again
after you have installed it. Now you just need to install it from CPAN which is
easier.
Cheers,
J.
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