Changes between Version 41 and Version 42 of FileGDB

Timestamp:

Mar 8, 2017, 12:51:24 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

Even Rouault

Comment:

Update to mention FileGDB API 1.5

FileGDB

@@ -84 +84 @@
 === How to deal with GCC >= 5.1 C++11 ABI on Linux ===
 
-Starting with GCC 5.1, GCC links against [https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/using_dual_abi.html libstdc++ using the C++11 ABI]. This cause issues with FileGDB ABI SDK (at least with 1.4 and earlier versions) which are provided using the old C++ ABI.
+Starting with GCC 5.1, GCC links against [https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/using_dual_abi.html libstdc++ using the C++11 ABI]. This cause issues with FileGDB ABI SDK <= 1.4 which are provided using the old C++ ABI.
 
 You'll get linking issues such as 
@@ -92 +92 @@
 }}}
 
-To workaround this, run configure with:
+Proper solution: use the FileGDB_API_1_5_32gcc51.tar.gz or FileGDB_API_1_5_64gcc51.tar.gz packages from https://github.com/Esri/file-geodatabase-api/tree/master/FileGDB_API_1.5
+
+With earlier version, to workaround the link issues, run configure with:
 {{{
 $ CXXFLAGS="-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0" ./configure --with-fgdb=/usr/local/FileGDB_API
 }}}
 
-Note that by doing so, you might have issues if using C++ gdal dependencies built with the new ABI, or if using GDAL in a C++ software built with the new ABI. No perfect solution exists until ESRI releases a new binary compiled with the new libstdc++ ABI.
+Note that by doing so, you might have issues if using C++ gdal dependencies built with the new ABI, or if using GDAL in a C++ software built with the new ABI. So update to FileGDB API 1.5 GCC51 packages is strongly recommended.
 
 == Testing the driver ==