Igor, > * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * On the subject of "Re: new package proposal : CLISP" > * Sent on Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:43:24 -0400 (EDT) > * Honorable Igor Pechtchanski <...> writes: > > On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Sam Steingold wrote: > > > > Binary package seems good, though it doesn't install cygwin-specific > > > documentation. > > > > /usr/share/doc/clisp/* is all the doc there is. > > or do you want .../clisp-2.31/? > > (everyone is different - cygwin/RH, debian ...) > > According to <http://cygwin.com/setup.html#package_contents>, a > Cygwin-specific README is required. Some maintainers also include > port notes and other Cygwin-specific information (e.g., package > contents) in that file (see the generic readme file on the above page > for an example). It's probably acceptable to have a one-liner > referring to the non-Cygwin-specific documentation in > /usr/share/doc/clisp.
$ ls /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/ | wc -l 41 $ cygcheck -c | wc -l 206 so only 20% of packages supply this cygwin-specific README. Oh well, I can throw something together. > > > Source package: it doesn't seems to have any specific instruction nor > > > a CYGWIN-PATCHES subdir. > > > > nothing cygwin-specific is needed. > > unix/INSTALL is all you need. > > CLISP builds OOTB. > > CYGWIN-PATCHES should contain at least the Cygwin-specific README (see > above) and setup.hint. so you want me to keep a separate 7MB source tar file just for the sake of redundantly redundant identical information already contained elsewhere. Oh well, disk space is cheap. > > > Last but not least, targetting cygwin-1.5.x is now a requirement > > > > Oh boy.... > > > > I upgraded to 1.5.3 last Friday and I cannot _configure_! > > the configure scripts fail with: > > > > ./configure --with-module=syscalls --with-module=regexp --build --fsstnd=redhat > > --with-module=dirkey --with-module=bindings/win32 --with-module=clx/new-clx > > --with-libsigsegv-prefix=/usr/local/libsigsegv-cygwin build-O > > ...... > > executing /cygdrive/d/gnu/clisp/current/build-O/avcall/configure > > --srcdir=../../ffcall/avcall --with-module=syscalls --with-module=regexp > > --with-module=dirkey --with-module=bindings/win32 --with-module=clx/new-clx > > --with-libsigsegv-prefix=/usr/local/libsigsegv-cygwin --cache-file=../config.cache > > configure: error: invalid package name: module > > > > the cause is an `expr' call which unexpectedly fails. > > if I add any other `expr' call right before the failing one, it works... > > > > advice?! > > Umm, sorry, I'm not as configure-savvy as I'd like to be... Do you > use autoconf? yes. > If so, did you re-run it after upgrading? yes. > It would help knowing which versions of autotools you have installed. autoconf 2.57a-1 OK automake 1.7.5a-1 OK -- Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running w2k <http://www.camera.org> <http://www.iris.org.il> <http://www.memri.org/> <http://www.mideasttruth.com/> <http://www.honestreporting.com> The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.
