On 14 Feb 2003 04:21:20 -0600 sam th <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: st> I'm in the process of killing AbiWord's wrapper script. However, the st> wrapper script is used and/or referenced all over the diving make st> system. So, before I can rip things out, I need to know what people st> are st> using. All these questions only apply on Unixy systems. st> st> 1. Is anyone using the diving make system to create tgz packages? st> This st> would involve syntax something like st> st> $ make install ABI_DIST_TARGET=tgz st> st> or something similar.
I have in the past, and intend to again. st> st> 2. Is anyone using the diving make system to create any packages? How st> do the rpm/deb/etc packages get made? not at present, but plan on adding nightly slack packages when I get around to it (meaning could be next week or could be years from now) st> st> 3. If the answer to one of the above is yes, st> st> a) could you switch to the autoconfiscated system?, or I could, but rather not (plain makefiles are easier for me to understand what's going on) st> st> b) do you understand the diving make packaging system? I understand much of the diving make system, but haven't looked into this aspect, though I keep meaning to. st> st> I used to understand this stuff, and helped write parts of it, but now st> I st> just want it to go away. If you want to keep it, please respond soon. st> yes I want to keep it, but if it needs to go, it needs to go... (The diving make system in general does need a good cleanup) Jeremy
