On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 11:45:24AM -0500, Luis Ibanez wrote: > Status on MoM program for packaging "fis-gtm" > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Plan B: (proposed cleaner way to package gtm) > > Aiming at not requiring binary files to bootstrap GTM. > > a) Get the sources from GTM release > b) Get a few extra source files from a configured > GTM, these are files that were generated by a > working GTM compiler. > c) Combine (a) and (b) in to a single source tar > that can be build by using only gcc, without > needing GTM, and therefore be able to create > a fis-gtm package without binaries in it. > > ------------------- > > The consensus seems to be that: > Plan B is preferable for the long term, but require > more work to fine tune it. > ------------------- > > Status on Plan B: > > 1) Setup a public Git repository to put the source code. > https://github.com/luisibanez/fis-gtm > > 2) Took the source files from the release. > http://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm/files/GT.M-x86-Linux-src/V5.4-002B/ > gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_src.tar.gz<http://sourceforge.net/projects/fis-gtm/files/GT.M-x86-Linux-src/V5.4-002B/gtm_V54002B_linux_i686_src.tar.gz/download> > > 3) Created a separate branch intended to put in it the > source tree resulting from a configured source > three in a machine that has GTM installed. > > Next steps: > > a) Put the configured source three in the Git > branch described above > > b) Compare both branches > > c) Move required files to the master branch > > d) Generate a new source.tar.gz file, > > e) verify that it can be build in a machine > with no GTM, and only GCC. > > f) If that works, replace current source tar > with this new one that only needs gcc. > > ---------------------------- > > Is this consistent with what you have in mind ? Yes, and you'll be a hero with Plan B. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ gpg-keyserver.de E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
