Re: [Xsb-development] A kinder, gentler XSB?

[Terrance S. <ts...@cs...>]

Good -- then we'll include dbdrivers in the install.  Xpath also?

On Wed, 9 May 2007, Michael Kifer wrote:

>
> >
> > One problem is that people have to do a configure in order to get
> > packages like Interprolog and dbdrivers.  Unless they install
> > Cygwin, they can't do this (and many people have trouble
> > installing Cygwin, whether they should or not). The install
> > scripts would give them an alternative.
>
> They need to run configure only under unix. This is because they need to
> know where are the odbc and mysql libraries. In Windows this is not done.
>
>
> > In terms of dynamic linking, what is it about the modules odbc,
> > dbdrivers, and xpath that requires running config?
>
> odbc&mysql, but only on unix.
>
>
> 	--michael
>
> > For instance, as Goncalo pointed out to me, the only reason
> > Smodels is a configuraiton option is because a system-specific
> > make file needs to be generated.  In an install script, we can
> > include the XASP and Smodels object files (if a user wishes) and
> > avoid the need for explicit configuration.  I don't know if
> > something similar could be done with these three packages in
> > order to avoid need for explicit configuration on a standard
> > platform like Windows or the Mac
> >
> > Of course Linux users, and Windows or Mac hackers  would still use the
> > configure/make system.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 9 May 2007, Michael Kifer wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > -- The following packages are statically linked as configuration
> > > >    options.  I think they're important and it would be nice to be able
> > > >    to include options for them in the installer.  However, it would be
> > > >    much better if their code could be dynamically linked so that the
> > > >    installer doesn't have to keep track of 16 configuration options.
> > > >
> > > >    xpath
> > > >    dbdrivers
> > > >    odbc
> > > >
> > > >    Any volunteers for looking at whether they can be dynamically linked?
> > >
> > > Not sure what you mean. These are linked dynamically, but the problem is
> > > that you need to run configure. But for windows and mac you don't need to
> > > run configure, so this can be simplified.
> > >
> > > By the way, what do you mean that it is hard to install XSB on Windows?
> > > You just unpack and this is it. Do you mean to install the CVS version?
> > > This would require an MSCC compiler (whose batch version can be obtained
> > > for free).
> > >
> > >
> > > 	--michael
> > >
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