[pupnp-tracker] [ pupnp-Bugs-3158541 ] Header file inclusion annoyance

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Bugs item #3158541, was opened at 2011-01-14 14:42
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Status: Pending
Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Terry Farnham (terryfarnham)
Assigned to: Marcelo Roberto Jimenez (mroberto)
Summary: Header file inclusion annoyance

Initial Comment:
It would be ideal if I was not required to add all of the sub folders of the library to my include directories path for my application.  For example, it would be great if upnp/inc/upnp.h would use statements in the form

#inlcude "../../ixml/inc/ixml.h"

rather than

#include "ixml.h"

which the latter requires the ixml/inc folder to be added to the additional include paths in my project settings.  There are currently eight folders that are required to be setup.

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Comment By: Chandra (inactiveneurons)
Date: 2011-01-15 09:47

Message:
Hi Terri/Marcelo,

We came across a similar problem when using VS 9 to compile pupnp.
Unfortunately, there isn't a easy fix, and we had to add all the include
paths. 

Terry, doing things as you suggest would break the Linux/BSD variants
which copy the header files to a separate location as part of the build
process. So all the include files would be copied over to one location,
something like: /usr/include/upnp. You could achieve the same effect in
windows by using cygwin to build pupnp, and then adding one location to
Visual Studio (which I'm guessing is what you're using). However, we found
that going through the one-time tedious step of adding all the pupnp
sources pays off, because it makes debugging a lot easier.

Best,
Chandra

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Comment By: Terry Farnham (terryfarnham)
Date: 2011-01-14 16:17

Message:
I am not sure how to accomplish this with the M$ compiler.  Is there
documentation for this "installation" process that I should look at, and
will the process work on a windows platform?

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Comment By: Marcelo Roberto Jimenez (mroberto)
Date: 2011-01-14 15:55

Message:
Hi Terry,

You should only have to add one include folder in your include path on the
command line, usually "/usr/local/include/upnp", but this can be changed in
configure time by adding a --prefix parameter with the installation
directory.

All the necessary include files get installed in this directory after
"make install".

If there is any doubt, please, feel free to ask.

Regards,
Marcelo.


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