[FWTools] Portability to OSX

[Aurora Geomatics]

Thank you Frank,

This is too bad,  although understandable given the low number of OSX  
users
that are GIS inclined.

Yes, William's unix Ports are a fantastic treasure for Mac users.

cheers,

Mars

On 7-Oct-07, at 11:33 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Aurora Geomatics wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Is there any future for a nifty OSX binary build of fwtools?
>
> Mars,
>
> I've made a modest effort in the past to build OpenEV for MacOS X and
> failed, and so backed off on the idea.  So, no, there isn't likely  
> to be
> an FWTools for MacOS X.  I will note that William maintains quite  
> useful
> MacOS X binaries for stuff like GDAL, GRASS and QGIS for MacOS.
>
> Best regards,
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