Re: gem2deb: support for building using setup.rb
On 11/05/11 at 14:51 +0200, Vincent Fourmond wrote:
> On 11/05/11 14:39, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > On 11/05/11 at 11:51 +0200, Vincent Fourmond wrote:
> >> Does anyone object to integrate a support for setup.rb directly into
> >> gem2deb (something similar to the old cdbs class) ? That would be a
> >> second auto build system (say, ruby-setup.rb) that users should select
> >> explicitly (to avoid changing the build behaviour). This would allow to
> >> keep as much code in common for the ruby build and the ruby-setup.rb
> >> build, and keep things as consistent as possible.
> >>
> >> I'd be glad to write it.
> >
> > Wouldn't it risk making the gem2deb code harder to maintain?
>
> I realize I've been much too vague in my last email, so here is my
> proposition:
>
> * the setup.rb-supporting code would be integrated directly into
> dh_ruby.rb, making it easy to share code
> * it would be triggered only on a specific option, say --setup-rb
> (that must come first of course).
>
> What do you say about that ?
That doesn't solve all the problems. You need to build for each ruby
version, to install things at the proper places, etc.
- lucas
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