Re: [Gexiv2] Autotools build system for GExiv2.

[Jehan Pagès <jehan marmottard gmail com>]

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Jim Nelson <jim yorba org> wrote:
> Although we haven't documented it, we use #include <gexiv2/gexiv2.h>, so
> that's the right call.

Cool. So the gexiv2.pc.in I wrote in my patch is right. :-)
I'll probably send a patch along to the entangle project to fix their code then.
Thanks.

Jehan

> -- Jim
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 3:02 AM, Jehan Pagès <jehan marmottard gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi again, After compiling entangle right now, I noticed they use also
> gexiv2, but include it with #include <gexiv2.h>. In GIMP, we call it with
> #include <gexiv2/gexiv2.h> and the pc file I updated would make the
> assumption this is the right include. So what it the actual right #include
> call for your library? I could not find any official documentation or
> tutorial. Thanks. Jehan On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Jehan Pagès
> <jehan marmottard gmail com> wrote:
>
> Hi, On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Jim Nelson <jim yorba org> wrote:
>
> No worries, Jehan, we did see it. I need to take a hard look at your patch,
> obviously, but we have no objections to moving gexiv2 to autotools and know
> it'll make your life easier.
>
> Cool.
>
> It's great to hear it ports so well to Windows!
>
> Yes indeed. I just tested GIMP master (with GExiv2) under a Windows VM and I
> got metadata for an image. :-) So you did a good portability job, I had no
> code to touch to have GExiv2 compile for Windows. :-)
>
> If you do run into any problems -- I'm sure you will -- filing a ticket is
> the best way to get our attention.
>
> Well I just opened 2 bugs about broken metadata on our tracker. Not sure yet
> if this is a EXiv2, GExiv2 or GIMP bug. We will report upstream if it ends
> up being a bug in GExiv2, no worry. Have fun. Jehan
>
> -- Jim On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Jehan Pagès
> <jehan marmottard gmail com> wrote: Hi, I am a GIMP dev. Since we now use
> GExiv2, I wanted to be able to cross-compile this lib easily on various
> system (Windows in particular, but this would apply to others too). So I
> ported your tree to an autotools build system. So this email is just to
> inform you of the feature request, with patch provided there:
> http://redmine.yorba.org/issues/7660 Just in case you did not see. I tried
> to keep all features of existing hand-made Makefiles, and hopefully there is
> no bug remaining. In any case that's likely a better fundation than
> hand-writting Makefiles. :-) Also I successfully cross-compiled GExiv2 and
> GIMP for Windows on my Linux system with this new build system. So that's a
> proven patch. :-) Thanks! Jehan
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