Re: debuild and findlib

[Sylvain Le Gall <gildor@debian.org>]

On 07-02-2009, Sylvain Le Gall <gildor@debian.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 07-02-2009, Guillaume Yziquel <guillaume.yziquel@citycable.ch> wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> I'm trying to package PG'OCaml. I'm currently having trouble using 
>> debuild with findlib. I do not quite get how to build a package with a 
>> Makefile that uses ocamlfind.
>>
>> It's probably the use of debuild that I do not quite get, but I'd like 
>> to know in more detail how you guys get to do this.
>>
>
> Take example on other packages, e.g. ocaml-libvirt:
> http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-ocaml-maint/packages/ocaml-libvirt.git
>
> You can also take a look at various build log:
> http://buildd.debian.org/pkg.cgi?pkg=ocaml-libvirt
>
> (see the use of OCAMLDESTDIR which is a findlib variable added to make
> invocation)
>

I mean OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR is a findlib variable. In the libvirt case,
OCAMLDESTDIR has been added to ocamlfind invocation.

Using OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR should work in most case.

Regards,
Sylvain Le Gall