Bug#385519: [Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#385519: octaviz: please migrate to VTK 5

[Thomas Weber]

Hi, 

okay, here is some sort of current status:

In order to migrate to VTK 5, we will probably need a CVS snapshot of
Octaviz (which in itself doesn't pose a problem). If you try to build
this, you will run into a bug similiar to [1].

The reason for this can be found in 
	/usr/lib/vtk-5.0/vtkCommonKit.cmake
VTK_COMMON_CLASSES contains several paths starting with
"/debian" (starting at line 139). Clearly, these paths shouldn't be
there; in fact, the files mentioned there are not included in the VTK
build.

Now, the CMakeLists.txt responsible for these 'debian' lines is (in
VTK's source) 
	Common/CMakeLists.txt
at line 203 (look for the 'IF(VTK_TYPE_NATIVE)) line.


Kudos to Kitware for not providing a complete documentation with cmake.
I mean, what would I do with all my time if I didn't need an internet
connection to look up CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR in their wiki[2]?
	

[1]
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1546921&forum_id=348515

[2] http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Useful_Variables


	Thomas