This seems like a good idea to me, and it works for me (I can build mpl with the TkAgg extension from a console with X completely shutdown on RHEL4...).
John -- does the timing for this work with you release plans? (It probably needs some testing in a bunch of different environments.) If so, I'm happy to commit this. Cheers, Mike James Amundson wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:13:39 +0200 > Ludwig Schwardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've reworked the Tcl/Tk checking code in setupext.py (see attached >> patch). It is now possible to build matplotlib with Tk support without >> requiring a running X server. This is useful for doing autobuilds >> (e.g. as done by Debian) and for building a package on one machine to >> be installed and used on another. >> >> This seems to be an old issue... (see matplotlib-devel, "building >> matplotlib without X-server connection," 11 Nov 2004) > > I would like to register my strong support for this patch. The bug in > question also prevents one from doing "python setup.py bdist_rpm" on > rpm-based systems. I recently tried to debug this myself and got as far > as identifying exactly the problem Ludwig describes, but ran out of > time/energy before coming up with the fix. I am very grateful to Ludwig > for having fixed the problem. I hope his patch will go in soon. > > --Jim Amundson > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper > from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going > mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. > http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
