Re: [ggt-devel] Building gmtl for MacPorts

[Daniel E. S. <dan...@gm...>]

Look at the juggler fpc files.  There is a ${fp_cwd} variable (or
something close to it) that can you can set prefix with using relative
paths.

-D

On 6/26/07, Doug McCorkle <mc...@ia...> wrote:
>
> On Jun 26, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Doug McCorkle wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >     I am trying to update the gmtl build in MacPorts with the
> > latest release but am running into problems with the build steps
> > required for MacPorts. MacPorts uses this scheme as noted here:
> >
> > http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/BuildPhases
> >
> > When prefix is specified to install gmtl into destroot, that is the
> > prefix that is ultimately stored in the fpc file for the gmtl
> > installation prefix. It seems MacPorts expects another command line
> > variable like stage_prefix or sandbox_prefix that allows the
> > installation to be staged but the location not written to *config,
> > pc, and fpc files. I see where other packages employ scripts and
> > sed to overwrite these changes, which I can do, but it seems there
> > may be a better solution or adding the above mentioned prefix and
> > associated target. What are everyones thoughts on this subject? I
> > know there was a similar discussion on the cppdom list about build
> > methods and steps which I am still working on for cppdom. I hoping
> > that a simpler solution can be arrived at here.
> >
> > Doug
>
> I forgot to mention that I was also thinking that a potential
> solution would be to use the flagpoll functionality that sets the
> prefix based on where the fpc file resides. This solution seems to be
> somewhat of a hack because the underlying build problem is still
> present but would solve the problem without many changes to the
> current build system.
>
> Doug
>
>
>
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