Re: ocaml without X, how?
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 07:17:46AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 09:02:03AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> > Yeah, but should we tackle it now or postpone it due to the imminent
> > release of sarge ?
>
> Tackle it now but keep it compatible with existing stuff, i.e. a
> ocaml-base-nox.
>
> > > The dependencies come from two parts of the ocaml standard library:
> > > graphics and tcl/tk. I'm in favour of splitting them away from the main
> > > ocaml package so that ocaml/ocaml-base could avoid the infamous
> > > dependencies on X.
> >
> > It could be done in common with the ocaml-toplevel split also we spoke
> > about.
> >
> > This would mean the following distribution :
> >
> >
> > ocaml-base : Depends on ocaml-base-nox
> > ocaml-base-nox
> >
> > ocaml-toplevel: depends on ocaml-base
> > ocaml : depends on ocaml-toplevel
>
> Whats the difference between ocaml and ocaml-toplevel?
Ocaml-toplevel would contain the toplevel and what is needed for running
ocaml scripts. That is non-compiled ocaml source with #! /usr/bin/ocaml.
> > ocaml-native-compilers
> >
> > I am not sure i believe that removing X from the ocaml compiler suite is
> > worth it.
> >
> > Alternatively, we could split the libraries out of the ocaml package,
> > but again, is it worth the effort ?
>
> Wouldn't the compiler work fine with ocaml-base-nox as long as no X is
> used?
Yeah, but is it worth it ?
> Is there a way to easily see if a ocaml bytecode needs X or not?
> Something lintian could check or something that could be used like
> ${shlibs} to set the right Depends?
Mmm, that would be interesting. I don't know, let me check. ...
Not with ldd, as arch indep bytecode is no executable, but i guess there
are ocaml tools for checking it. Stefano, you would know more about
this.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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