Alan W. Irwin wrote: > > > I am not familiar with the particular problem you are referring to. > However, > it sounds like this user was attempting to integrate PLplot software > as part > of a larger autotools build, and I agree that would be awkward. Instead, > PLplot should be treated as the completely independent library that it > is. > > Thus, I strongly recommend that PLplot should be built independently with > CMake and then the pkg-config files we supply as part of that build > should > be used to make the installed PLplot results accessible to all other > build > systems. Both autotools- and CMake-based build systems can utilize with > relative ease external libraries whose library and header information is > summarized in pkg-config results. > Okay, that should be the way to integrate PLplot into other packages then.
> If there is some bug in our pkg-config results, please encourage this > user > to submit a bug report. > > The only Marius I am aware of is Marius Schamschula who found our > autotools > system was clobbered for 5.7.4. There is a relatively good ending to that > particular story. According to > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1777297&group_id=2915&atid=102915 > > > (submitted just two days ago) when faced with the 5.7.4 autotools issue, > Marius got serious about CMake and is building with it now. He did > run into > our standard problem with octave (we do need to catch up with the latest > octave version again, but that is difficult because it is a moving > target), > but otherwise "The (CMake) build went fine w/o octave support." Yes, I was referring to that Marius (I was not sure whether "schamschula" is his nickname or his surname). I thought I'd mention his particular problem within this context because it seems exemplary for a class of applications. Given that CMake will make it into the various Linux distros, it should not be a big problem to build PLplot separately. The only thing left then, I think, is to explain this favoured set-up for developers who want to provide PLplot as part of their own package/application. Regards, Arjen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
