Re: WX Widgets Version

Hi

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Datatone Mail List
<lists(at)datatone(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> I have WX Widgets 3.0.2, which includes WX Widgets 2.8 compatibility.
>
> My PGAdmin3 compilation (configuration) fails with:
>
> configure: error: The version of wxWidgets required (2.8) is not supported by
> the installations in /usr.
>
> My WX Widgets configuration is:
>
> ======
> Configured wxWidgets 3.0.2 for `x86_64-dt-linux-gnu'
>
> Which GUI toolkit should wxWidgets use? GTK+ 2 with support
> for GTK+ printing libnotify
> Should wxWidgets be compiled into single library? no
> Should wxWidgets be linked as a shared library? yes
> Should wxWidgets support Unicode? yes (using wchar_t)
> What level of wxWidgets compatibility should be enabled?
> wxWidgets 2.6 no
> wxWidgets 2.8 yes
> Which libraries should wxWidgets use?
> STL no
> jpeg sys
> png sys
> regex builtin
> tiff sys
> zlib sys
> expat sys
> libmspack no
> sdl no
> =======
>
> So that you can see that wxWidgets 2.8 IS supported (as a compatibility mode).
>
> Is it the case that PGAdmin3 SHOULD compile and work with the latest WX
> Widgets, provided that 2.8 compatibility is enabled?

This has never been tested as far as I'm aware. It does work with 3.0
in general, though there are a few glitches.

> If so, is there a problem with the configuration that fails to detect this
> support?

The config script certainly doesn't know how to use 3.0 in 2.8
compatibility mode.

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