From: Kenneth J. Davis (jeremyd@computer.org)
Date: Fri Feb 14 2003 - 08:48:27 EST
On 14 Feb 2003 04:21:20 -0600 sam th <sam@uchicago.edu> wrote:
st> I'm in the process of killing AbiWord's wrapper script. However, the
st> wrapper script is used and/or referenced all over the diving make
st> system. So, before I can rip things out, I need to know what people
st> are
st> using. All these questions only apply on Unixy systems.
st>
st> 1. Is anyone using the diving make system to create tgz packages?
st> This
st> would involve syntax something like
st>
st> $ make install ABI_DIST_TARGET=tgz
st>
st> or something similar.
I have in the past, and intend to again.
st>
st> 2. Is anyone using the diving make system to create any packages? How
st> do the rpm/deb/etc packages get made?
not at present, but plan on adding nightly slack packages
when I get around to it (meaning could be next week or
could be years from now)
st>
st> 3. If the answer to one of the above is yes,
st>
st> a) could you switch to the autoconfiscated system?, or
I could, but rather not (plain makefiles are easier for
me to understand what's going on)
st>
st> b) do you understand the diving make packaging system?
I understand much of the diving make system, but haven't
looked into this aspect, though I keep meaning to.
st>
st> I used to understand this stuff, and helped write parts of it, but now
st> I
st> just want it to go away. If you want to keep it, please respond soon.
st>
yes I want to keep it, but if it needs to go, it needs to go...
(The diving make system in general does need a good cleanup)
Jeremy
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