On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 09:40, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14 August 2010 10:22, treah blade <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Actually I did a full out linuxquestions search and a full google search > > Did you search the linuxfromscratch site ? > >> I think part of the problem here is that the build system is just terrible >> and does not give you a really good idea on what is failing or that there >> was even a problem. I am accustom to make scripts telling me that there was >> a failure at the end of the copile process instead of looking like they >> compleated alright. I had to scroll up after being perplexed as to why I >> couldent find the binary after a make install. >> >> This of course is not any of your guys problem but rather a problem with the >> developer of cdrtools. I really hope in the future someone will write >> something better and GPL, wishfull thinking I suppose. >> -- > I agree wholeheartedly with your comments on the build > system - it didn't used to work on any platform that the > creator didn't have (at that time, x86_64 and I think ppc). > The thing is, cdrtools _used_ to be GPL. There is a fork of > the last GPL version which I use : dvdrtools. I'm using 0.3.1, > but a quick look suggests finding the source is hard, but it > looks as if debian have it in "non free" (!?!?) > > The upstream appears to be defunct - distros have moved > on to cdrkit, I believe - last time I looked, that used cmake > to configure it so I've given it a wide berth.. >
openSUSE allows users to use the latest cdrtools; See their Base:System repository. -- later, Robert Xu -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
