[FWTools] Python mapscript in Linux FWTools

[Roger André]

Hi Frank,

Thanks for the confirmation.  I just checked again, and the import worked.
I believe I may have ran python last time out of bin, instead of bin_safe,
and thus not had any of the libs included.

Sorry,

Roger
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On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:

> Roger André wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm curious if Python mapscript is built into mapserver in the current
>> Linux version of FwTools?  I've invoked the FWTools built-in Python
>> interpreter and tried a "import mapscript" command, which gives me a "No
>> module named mapscript" error.  I see in the "Detailed package notes" for
>> the Windows version that it is present there, but am not sure with Linux.
>>
>
> Roger,
>
> FWTools for linux is supposed to include mapscript.  If the latest version
> has it missing you might want to try an older version.  Quality control for
> FWTools is pretty thin so it is easy for something to break in new builds
> without my realizing it, though I do normally run new releases against
> the GDAL autotest suite.
>
> As I'm not currently producing new releases on linux I can't easily fix
> the problem.
>
> Best regards,
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