Ah! I see you just applied it yourself, John. Consider the question answered!
(And again, thanks for the patch, Ludwig.) Cheers, Mike Michael Droettboom wrote: > 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
