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Subject: [ggl] Re: Incorrect polygon area and problem with the boost::geometry::correct
From: Barend Gehrels (barend)
Date: 2011-03-21 04:00:26


Hi Vishnu,

> Thanks for confirming the problem. I checked out code from the trunk using
> this:
>
>> svn co http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/boost/geometry boost-geometry
> This gives me only some of the files that appear in a tagged branch (e.g.,
> 0.8). So I made a copy of my entire boost_1_46_1 hierarchy that included the
> boost-geometry folders from version 0.8 and replaced only the folder
> boost_1_46_1/boost/geometry with the boost/geometry files I got from the
> trunk.

This will not work indeed, the boost/geometry folder and libs/geometry
folder should always go together.

> If you are confirming that the code I pasted into codepad will work with a
> tagged version, having a tagged version would be very helpful. Of course, I
> assume that would include not only code from the boost/geometry folder but
> also stuff from libs/geometry (and whatever else is making it work for you
> but not for me).

I'll create one tonight.

> You didn't mention this in your most recent post. Do you think this is no
> longer an issue?

Yet, it is still relevant. Might be the problem indeed. So I create 0.9
tonight, that will probably help everything.

Regards, Barend

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