From: Jonatan L. <th...@ho...> - 2004-07-10 17:00:37
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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:31:44 -0700 Ken Hayber <ke...@ha...> wrote: > On Jul 10, 2004, at 7:39 AM, Jonatan Liljedahl wrote: > > > On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 06:54:53 -0700 > > Ken Hayber <kh...@so...> wrote: > > > >> Jonatan Liljedahl wrote: > >>> On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:48:40 -0700 > >>> Ken Hayber <kh...@so...> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Jonatan Liljedahl wrote: > >>>>> New version of OroboROX released: > >>>>> > >>>>> http://kymatica.com/rox/OroboROX/OroboROX-0.8.7.3.tar.bz2 > >>>>> http://kymatica.com/rox/OroboROX/OroboThemes-040709.tar.bz2 > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> ...and we have immediate problems. :( > >>>> > >>>> config.sub and config.guess are symlinked to /Programs/... > >instead>> of> /usr/share/automake... or better yet just being copied > >into the>> src> dir. > >>>> > >>>> In short, it won't build as delivered. > >>> > >>> > >>> Gahh... =/ > >>> Should those symlinks be removed before release or should I copy > >the>> symlinked files there? > >>> As stated before, I have no knowledge/experience of the > >autotools...> > >> In my experience they are usually copied. You can never fully > >predict> where they will live on each system. > > > > But can I predict/demand that each system will have them? If you > > remove the links they are recreated by the configure script. (Which > > means that the user needs autotools installed) > > Does it work as it should if I replace those symlinks with real > > copies of the files from my system? > > It seems you have two choices with their own pitfalls. Either copy > your (latest?) config.guess config.sub and hope that they match what > the user is running well enough to not cause problems. Or require > autotools to compile it, but guaranteeing(?) no compatibility issues > (i.e. your autotools vs theirs). > > I _think_ it is more likely that copying the files is the best way to > go. I think these files only change when bugs are found or new > architectures need to be supported (or major autotools changes are > made). It should be very safe. Ok. I looked around and it seems that people use to copy them there, so I did that too. I won't make another release for such a simple thing (or should I?), but I put up a http://kymatica.com/OroboROX/NOTES-0.8.7.3.txt... Thomas: You can fix it in your zeroinstall version of OroboROX. -- /Jonatan - [ http://kymatica.com ] |