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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2018, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/spack/spack
+# Please also see the NOTICE and LICENSE files for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Grass(AutotoolsPackage):
+ """GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System), is a free
+ and open source Geographic Information System (GIS) software suite
+ used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing,
+ graphics and maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization."""
+
+ homepage = "http://grass.osgeo.org"
+ url = "https://grass.osgeo.org/grass74/source/grass-7.4.1.tar.gz"
+
+ version('7.4.1', 'bf7add62cbeb05a3ed5ad832344ba524')
+
+ variant('cxx', default=True, description='Add c++ functionality')
+ variant('tiff', default=True, description='Add TIFF functionality')
+ variant('png', default=True, description='Add PNG functionality')
+ variant('postgres', default=False, description='Add PostgreSQL functionality')
+ variant('mysql', default=False, description='Add MySQL functionality')
+ variant('sqlite', default=True, description='Add SQLite functionality')
+ variant('opengl', default=True, description='Add OpenGL functionality')
+ variant('fftw', default=True, description='Add FFTW functionality')
+ variant('blas', default=False, description='Add BLAS functionality')
+ variant('lapack', default=False, description='Add LAPACK functionality')
+ variant('cairo', default=True, description='Add Cairo functionality')
+ variant('freetype', default=True, description='Add FreeType functionality')
+ variant('readline', default=False, description='Add Readline functionality')
+ variant('regex', default=True, description='Add regex functionality')
+ variant('pthread', default=False, description='Add POSIX threads functionality')
+ variant('openmp', default=False, description='Add OpenMP functionality')
+ variant('opencl', default=False, description='Add OpenCL functionality')
+ variant('bzlib', default=False, description='Add BZIP2 functionality')
+ variant('netcdf', default=False, description='Enable NetCDF support')
+ variant('geos', default=False, description='Geometry Engine for v.buffer')
+
+ # required components
+ depends_on('gmake@3.8.1:', type='build')
+ depends_on('zlib')
+ depends_on('flex', type='build')
+ depends_on('bison', type='build')
+ depends_on('proj')
+ depends_on('gdal')
+ depends_on('python@2.7:2.9', type=('build', 'run'))
+ depends_on('libx11')
+
+ # optional pieces
+ depends_on('libtiff', when='+tiff')
+ depends_on('libpng', when='+png')
+ depends_on('postgresql', when='+postgres')
+ depends_on('mariadb', when='+mysql')
+ depends_on('sqlite', when='+sqlite')
+ depends_on('gl', when='+opengl')
+ depends_on('fftw', when='+fftw')
+ depends_on('blas', when='+blas')
+ depends_on('lapack', when='+lapack')
+ depends_on('cairo', when='+cairo')
+ depends_on('freetype', when='+freetype')
+ depends_on('readline', when='+readline')
+ depends_on('opencl', when='+opencl')
+ depends_on('bzip2', when='+bzlib')
+ depends_on('netcdf', when='+netcdf')
+ depends_on('geos', when='+geos')
+
+ def configure_args(self):
+ spec = self.spec
+
+ args = [
+ '--without-odbc',
+ '--without-nls',
+ '--without-opendwg',
+ '--with-x',
+ '--with-gdal={0}/bin/gdal-config'.format(
+ spec['gdal'].prefix),
+ ]
+
+ if '+cxx' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-cxx')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-cxx')
+
+ if '+tiff' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-tiff')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-tiff')
+
+ if '+png' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-png')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-png')
+
+ if '+postgres' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-postgres')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-postgres')
+
+ if '+mysql' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-mysql')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-mysql')
+
+ if '+sqlite' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-sqlite')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-sqlite')
+
+ if '+opengl' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-opengl')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-opengl')
+
+ if '+fftw' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-fftw')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-fftw')
+
+ if '+blas' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-blas')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-blas')
+
+ if '+lapack' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-lapack')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-lapack')
+
+ if '+cairo' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-cairo')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-cairo')
+
+ if '+freetype' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-freetype')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-freetype')
+
+ if '+readline' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-readline')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-readline')
+
+ if '+regex' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-regex')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-regex')
+
+ if '+pthread' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-pthread')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-pthread')
+
+ if '+openmp' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-openmp')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-openmp')
+
+ if '+opencl' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-opencl')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-opencl')
+
+ if '+bzlib' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-bzlib')
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-bzlib')
+
+ if '+netcdf' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-netcdf={0}/bin/nc-config'.format(
+ spec['netcdf'].prefix))
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-netcdf')
+
+ if '+geos' in spec:
+ args.append('--with-geos={0}/bin/geos-config'.format(
+ spec['geos'].prefix))
+ else:
+ args.append('--without-geos')
+
+ return args