On 2010-11-06 01:04-0000 Linda Rawson wrote:

> I tried the instructions here ->
>
> http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/index.php?title=Configure_PLplot_for_Visual_CXX

Those instructions have apparently been heavily edited by somebody
called Philrosenberg who I have never heard of.  I don't have access
to Windows, but I know enough from the Linux side of things that I can
well believe those directions don't work.

Why all these complications with all combinations of
-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release, -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug,
-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON, and -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF?  On Linux, I
leave CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE unspecified, and also take the default
BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON.  I suspect that one combination will work well
for you.  However, if you absolutely need to build four versions
of PLplot with the four configuration combinations

-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON

-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF

-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON

-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF

then the four builds should be absolutely independent of each other.
That is use a separate initially empty build directory for each one,
and use a separate install tree for each one.  Mixing various
configurations together in the same build tree like he recommends is a
recipe for disaster!

Could one of our Windows developers edit that page into a form that is
much more likely to work?

Alan
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