[Xastir-Dev] Re: [Fwd: First attempt at using dbfawk fails miserably]

[Alan Crosswell]

> I can email you a .plc file, but this does not solve the general
> case -- and it means you'll have to cobble together dbfawk files for
> every shapefile map map an xastir user needs to use, which isn't very
> efficient.
> 
 > There should be a checkbox to disable dbfawk if missing signatures
 > cause breakage like this.  Please implement one soon.
 >
Please do send a sample.  The default when dbfawk is disabled is a 
series of tests for various map types in the code.  However, dbfawk does 
not "break" cleanly when a signature doesn't match.  I will add that to 
the list of things to fix.  No need for a checkbox;  I'll just make a 
default.dbfawk which will be used when no other is found.


> Alan> That patch is something I'm not aware of and sounds like a
> Alan> shapelib version issue and/or OS difference.  What OS is this?
> 
> The patch is for FreeBSD.  

So it's an OS difference vs. a dbfawk bug which was the point I was 
trying to make.  Yes, it is caused when dbfawk is compiled in but that's 
just because I need testers like you on other unix flavors to find these 
problems.  Anyway, did that patch get integrated by one of the 
developers?  It should.  I don't remember seeing it go by.

/a