Re: [MoM] Packaging fis-get
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 06:52:28PM -0500, Bhaskar, K.S wrote:
> >I try to rephrase my suggestion.
> >
> > 1. Download a GT.M source distribution as orig.tar.gz
> > 2. Download the missing but needed autogenerated C files
> > and add them as patch set (with dpkg source format 3.0 you
> > can even have two source tarballs, but that's a detail)
> >
> >Build the package from the files exclusively without needing a running
> >GT.M.
>
> [KSB3] It could work with a slight difference.
>
> * Download the original GT.M source tarball on a system that has a GT.M
> binary. Follow the instructions in the README to build GT.M on a
> machine that has GT.M.
OK, do you know a volunteer who has GT.M installed and can easily do the
job? This would be really helpful.
> * Use something like diff to compare the original tarball with the new
> tarball and find the C files generated by the build process.
> * Create a new source tarball of the original files plus the new files
> and move it to a machine without GT.M (or just on the same machine,
> but don't set the environment variable that points to the existing
> GT.M). Comment out the part of the shell script that generates the
> new C source files and build GT.M.
>
> I will see what I can do about providing the additional C files
> before the release, but no promises.
Cool. That would really be a step in a promising direction.
Thanks for your support
Andreas.
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