[ST-devel] packaging libst: patch

[Gene S. <gs...@ab...>]

Claus Assmann wrote:

> What about the software that uses state-threads?  I would like to
> use it (even though I haven't figured out the license issues) and
> I would prefer if the entire system just "automagically" builds on
> many OS. Hence I appreciate the efforts to use autoconf. However,
> I agree that there should be no performance impact, i.e., runtime
> decisions what to use. Maybe some "use these switches on this OS"
> cases can be integrated? Currently that's done by hand by selecting
> the correct OS target in the Makefile.

I'm attaching a small patch to the 1.3c version which is supposed
to facilitate building ST as a part of a larger software project.
This patch allows to eliminate manual selection of target OS (if
so desired).  It doesn't affect current mechanism, it just adds
new targets.


CHANGES

- 3 lines in Makefile. New targets have been added: "default",
  "default-debug", and "default-optimized" (same as "default").
  Also, a symlink to the output directory is created at build
  time. That allows to use the library and header file without
  knowing the output directory name (which is OS-dependent) in
  advance.

- New small script "osguess.sh" to automatically guess target OS.
  This script requires the "config.guess" utility (a part of GNU
  Autoconf) to do actual system info guessing.
  "config.guess" itself is not included with ST.  You can use one
  from a larger "main" software project (if it uses Autoconf) or
  just use any config.guess available on your system.  You can
  also get it directly from GNU: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
  (same approach as with any other GNU tools).


USAGE

Specify path to the "config.guess" utility -- set the
CONFIG_GUESS_PATH variable either by editing "osguess.sh" or via
environment.  Use "default" as a make target (make default).

Hope it solves some of the problems.