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[convey-developers] makefiles and etc
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From: Scott L. <sco...@ho...> - 2003-10-02 05:06:35
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Hello Andy, Thanks for the clarification. I see what you mean about the top-level makefile. autoconf or some such would be a nice touch. A simple alternative would be to have the top-level makefile test for the existence of various directories, and build the binaries as appropriate. This way there is a method of building several components with one command at the top-level, rather than manually invoking make at each subdirectory. This method may be used for those who have checked-out only a portion of the source tree (i.e. wxxml, wxjab but not convey). The only requirement is that the source tree structure does not change. Note that each subdirectory contains a makefile that is self-sufficient -- that is, wxxml and wxjab my be checked-out and built independently. Just to get sync-ed up with you guys, here's a list of what I will be working on for the next few weeks (in between moving, an OS class, and etc). 1. Adapt an existing xml diff program to use expat. The author's paper is quite helpful: "X-Diff: An Effective Change Detection Algorithm for XML Documents." If you like, we can discuss some limitations of his algorithm and how it would impact convey. If you have a better alternative, please let me know. You may find more information at: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~yuanwang/xdiff.html 2. Write client code for NTP time sync. We should also leave this open to discussion, as NTP may possibly be too hefty for our purposes. We may have to investigate ways to time sync via TCP. 3. And of course, the makefiles. Hope the quarter is going well for you guys. Regards, Scott >From: "Andy Ames" <ag...@sb...> >Reply-To: con...@li... >To: <con...@li...> >Subject: RE: [convey-developers] convey 0.4? >Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:38:58 -0700 > >Scott, > >-----Original Message----- >From: con...@li... >[mailto:con...@li...]On Behalf Of Scott >Luan >Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:56 PM >To: con...@li... >Subject: RE: [convey-developers] convey 0.4? > > >Hello Andy, > >Thanks for the info. > >(1) The error generated while making wxjab.o is listed below: > >In file included from wxjab.cpp:1: >../../wxjab/include/wxjab.h:112: parse error before `,' >../../wxjab/include/wxjab.h:112: stray '\' in program >../../wxjab/include/wxjab.h:113: stray '\' in program >../../wxjab/include/wxjab.h:114: stray '\' in program >../../wxjab/include/wxjab.h:115: stray '\' in program > >This is the macro definition in wxjab.h: >#define EVT_JABBER_MESSAGE(id, func) \ > > DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE_ENTRY(wxEVT_JABBER_MESSAGE, id, -1, \ > > (wxObjectEventFunction) \ > > (wxEventFunction) \ > > (wxJabberMessageEventFunction) & func, \ > > (wxObject *) NULL ),<--- ends here. > >Note that this macro is not used anywhere. > ><andy>Sweet.</andy> > >(2) The build error for wxjab, I discovered, is due to a mistaken identity >in the header files. Specifically testapp.h for both wxxml and wxjab. > ><andy>Perhaps they should be renamed to testxml and testjab, or >something.</andy> > >(3) I am not sure if we decided to include the makefiles in the source >tree. > I think it is a good idea so that we can all use the same build process. >But.. there may be incompatibilities with MS' nmake. Hmmm... Well, >perhaps >we just have to sync up manually and accept the amusing fact that we are >using 4 platforms among 3 people! :-) Well, if we have decided to include >the makefiles, I don't believe I can create/checkin any files in any >directory other than wxjab. Perhaps for the sake of convienence, the >adminstrative demands may be relaxed for this informal group of fun-loving >developers. :-) > ><andy>You can't checkin files? Hmmm. I'll look into it and give you >permissions for the whole source tree. >Makefiles are definately good. This will allow us to synch up Mac OS X, >Linux, Solaris, and the like. I definately think we should have them. I >also >would like to have MSVC and Project Builder projects for GUI debugging. Of >course, it is difficult to keep them synched with Makefiles. In practice, >the GUI project builds usually breakdown more frequently. That's okay, >though. > >Makefiles with Windows are almost never compatible with 'nixes for many >reasons, so I don't even care to try. That was a plus with Java. You could >better streamline the build systems between OSes. However, in practice, in >didn't always work.</andy> > >(4) >can we provide a way to indicate to the wxjab build system where it >can find the wxxml library. >yes, we can use the -L switch for the linker > ><andy>What I mean is by using some kind of configure or autoconf mechanism. >The reason is that I'd like wxxml and wxjab to be as separate as possible. >I >was thinking this because the wxxml module can be checked out and built >separate from the wxjab module. I'd like to keep it that way. > >(At UCSC, we're using the wxxml module to do...well, XML stuff. We don't >need wxjab.) > >This is also why I wasn't thinking we'd have a top-level Makefile. > >What are your thoughts on this? If someone were to check out only the wxxml >module, then they wouldn't get the top-level Makefile anyway. Right? What >about if they only checked out the wxxml and wxjab modules, but not convey? > >Hopefully this gives you an idea of my thinking. I guess I would like a >top-level Makefile as long as it can detect which modules have been checked >out and only build those. Should it also build Convey Java?</andy> > >(5) >I'd prefer not to have to place a top-level convey Makefile in the >repository. >Having a makefile in the top-level directory will allow a recursive build >process which is convienent to automate the entire build. > >That's all for now. Enjoy your weekends. > >Andy > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >Welcome to geek heaven. >http://thinkgeek.com/sf >_______________________________________________ >convey-developers mailing list >con...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/convey-developers _________________________________________________________________ Share your photos without swamping your Inbox. Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es |
