Re: [MoM] Packaging fis-get
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 11:45:24AM -0500, Luis Ibanez wrote:
> Status on MoM program for packaging "fis-gtm"
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Plan B: (proposed cleaner way to package gtm)
>
> Aiming at not requiring binary files to bootstrap GTM.
>
> a) Get the sources from GTM release
> b) Get a few extra source files from a configured
> GTM, these are files that were generated by a
> working GTM compiler.
> c) Combine (a) and (b) in to a single source tar
> that can be build by using only gcc, without
> needing GTM, and therefore be able to create
> a fis-gtm package without binaries in it.
>
> -------------------
>
> The consensus seems to be that:
> Plan B is preferable for the long term, but require
> more work to fine tune it.
> -------------------
>
> Status on Plan B:
>
> 1) Setup a public Git repository to put the source code.
> https://github.com/luisibanez/fis-gtm
>
> 2) Took the source files from the release.
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm/files/GT.M-x86-Linux-src/V5.4-002B/
> gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_src.tar.gz<http://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm/files/GT.M-x86-Linux-src/V5.4-002B/gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_src.tar.gz/download>
>
> 3) Created a separate branch intended to put in it the
> source tree resulting from a configured source
> three in a machine that has GTM installed.
>
> Next steps:
>
> a) Put the configured source three in the Git
> branch described above
>
> b) Compare both branches
>
> c) Move required files to the master branch
>
> d) Generate a new source.tar.gz file,
>
> e) verify that it can be build in a machine
> with no GTM, and only GCC.
>
> f) If that works, replace current source tar
> with this new one that only needs gcc.
>
> ----------------------------
>
> Is this consistent with what you have in mind ?
Yes, and you'll be a hero with Plan B.
Karsten
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