forwarded 483400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] tags 483400 + confirmed tags 483400 + upstream tags 483400 + pending thanks
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:13:21AM -0600, Hays Barrett wrote: > Package: python-mapscript > Version: 5.0.2-2+b1 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > With the transision to AGG in mapserver\mapscript 5.0, the mapscript modlule > fails to import in python. > > Example: > > Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Apr 17 2008, 13:15:05) > [GCC 4.2.3 (Debian 4.2.3-3)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> import mapscript > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mapscript.py", line 7, in <module> > import _mapscript > ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/_mapscript.so: undefined > symbol: _ZN3agg12g_sqrt_tableE > >>> > > First of all, mapserver on Debian uses an embedded (and static) version of AGG 2.4 libraries, not the system -dev package for 2.5, due to known licensing issues. Note that currently shared libs for AGG are deprecated due to intensive use of templates (upstream justification, not mine), so that in 2.5 there are no more shlibs available, too. Unfortunately, the setup.py script roughly processes mapserver mapscriptvars and due to the -shared flag use leaves out the external symbols of the two AGG libs used, because it supposes they are available as shlib. I'll add a tiny patch to link in the two .a libraries by manipulating the mapscriptvars, but a different strategy should be provided at upstream level to manage this case. Of course with the old 2.4 (which had shlibs available) that was not an issue. Cheers and thanks. -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
