[pclasses-devel] dual-system build tree notes

[stephan b. <st...@s1...>]

Yo, Christian!

Okay, i've got toc installed and configuring, but won't have all of the 
required tests done before late Thursday or maybe Friday.

Here are things which you need to know:

a) ./configure is the toc-powered configure script. When using autotools 
you will overwrite configure. This is exactly what we want, as it means 
"by default use toc, otherwise fall back to autotools".
Be sure not to commit your configure script if you auto-gen it!

b) All configure tests go into configure.pclasses2. That is called by 
configure. configure.toc is a middleman stub - ignore it.

c) toc now creates the Makefiles, with Makefile.toc holding the "real" 
make code. toc just generates stubs which look like:
	#!/usr/bin/make -f
	# Automatically generated by configure.
	# Do not edit this file: put your code in Makefile.toc.
	include Makefile.toc
	DIST_FILES += Makefile.toc
	DIST_FILES := $(filter-out Makefile,$(DIST_FILES))
	# ^^^^ toc automatically adds Makefile to DIST_FILES.
	DISTCLEAN_FILES += Makefile

The Makefile.toc implementations are your standard Makefiles. Autotools 
will overwrite toc's Makefiles, which is exactly what we want. Both 
trees can co-exist while i piddle around with toc and figure out if 
it's really what we want to use. :)


So, what this all essentially means is:

You may continue working on the tree as if toc didn't exist, and i'll 
let you know once it's fully buildable. The transition from AT to toc 
will then be transparent for the builder.

See ya!

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