Re: [openMSX-devel] Relocatable

[Joost Y. D. <jo...@lu...>]

> Customization by packagers is not really the issue: they can use custom.mk and 
> put all the files in the right location for their distribution. What I would 
> like, is to be able to make a mostly statically compiled openMSX for Linux 
> that only depends on widely available libs such as glibc and Xlib. It would 
> be nice if a user could install such a binary in any location he likes.

I personally don't consider this a very important goal. I think it's
much easier to just integrate packaging for the major distros into
openMSX CVS and just release next to the source a bunch of packages.
This can all be automated. It is just a boring job that has to be done.

> I'm not sure a hybrid solution is better than a single-approach solution. At 
> least a single-approach solution has the advantage that it is easy to explain 
> and understand.

I agree.

> On Tuesday 27 July 2004 19:03, Bas Wijnen wrote:
> > As far as I know the usual way to solve this problem is with a configure
> > script (which can, but does not need to be, made by autoconf.)
> 
> I'm very glad I got rid of autoconf/automake, I certainly don't want them 
> back... ;)

Even though I have not looked at your new system in detail yet, I fully
agree on this.

Joost