Perhaps libjpeg should be moved from the 'optional external libraries' to the 'required external libraries' section page of the docs then? http://mapserver.org/installation/unix.html
-----Original Message----- From: Thomas Bonfort [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:59 AM To: Frank Warmerdam Cc: Fawcett, David; [email protected] Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Compiling MapServer Frank, We already had a dependency on libpng and libjpg through GD (as gd isn't statically linked against those). How can the direct dependency be causing any more problems than the actual situation ? regards, thomas www.camptocamp.com +33 4 79 26 57 97 On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 17:50, Frank Warmerdam<[email protected]> wrote: > Fawcett, David wrote: >> >> What is the latest advice for output image libraries when compiling >> mapserv on unix? I remember an older conflict with libtiff and the >> tiff functionality in GDAL. >> If one is going to include GDAL, does it make sense to add libtiff, >> libgeotiff, or libjpeg, or is it better practice to just use GDAL to >> read and write these formats? > > David, > > It is better to leave out direct use of libtiff, and just let GDAL do > it. Likewise for reading jpeg, and other image formats. However, I > have noticed that mapserver-trunk now seems to depend on direct use of > libpng and libjpeg for generating these files (as opposed to going > through GD). So it may not be so easy to avoid libpng and libjpeg in > builds. > > I persume this is not yet an issue with the released versions. > > Best regards, > -- > ---------------------------------------+------------------------------ > ---------------------------------------+-------- > I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, > [email protected] light and sound - activate the windows | > http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | > Geospatial Programmer for Rent > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users > _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
