Feature Requests item #3518561, was opened at 2012-04-16 13:54 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by payerle You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=352915&aid=3518561&group_id=2915
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Tom Payerle (payerle) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Allow specification of path for external libs, etc Initial Comment: I am running into issues building plplot because some requirements for desired bindings are in non-standard locations on my systems. E.g., python on my systems is python2.4, with relatively limited add on modules, and python2.6 is the less old v2.6 with more modules which I want to have plplot use. (Yes, I should make python2.6, or better 2.8 the default, but that is a different kettle of fish). I have seen other people having similar issues (e.g. http://cmake.3232098.n2.nabble.com/CMAKE-LIBRARY-PATH-appears-not-to-work-properly-for-finding-libtcl-tt5044674.html#a5066554) I have not looked at the Find_XXX code, but will concede that it is doing complicated stuff, and while what it does is wrong for some purposes , it is not clear that it is always (or even mostly) wrong. And changing its behaviour, even if correct for some purposes, might foul up other uses. Is it possible to just add addition CMake variables so the person compiling can specify exactly which perl, tcl, assorted libraries, etc they wish to use for the build. If nothing specified, go with the assorted Find_XXX routines, which are fine for the most general cases, but allow me to override when I know the Find_XXX routines are not getting good results in my environment. It's a fair number of variables to add, but should mostly be pretty simple, and allow for lots of flexibility w/out making it harder for users in the more normal cases. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=352915&aid=3518561&group_id=2915 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
