Quoting Sven LUTHER ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > 2. mldonkey uses ocamlopt.opt but ocamlopt works as well. Which of the > > two should I use? Should I build-depend on eigther or conflict with > > one? > > You should build depend on ocaml-best-compilers, and do a test for the > presence of ocamlopt.opt before using it.
Besides Stefano and Sven advices, I may add that such a test for
presence of ocamlopt.opt may be found in other ocaml-bases packages...
For instance, in "my" own package (geneweb, genealogical software
written in ocaml), I deal with this as follows :
upstream Geneweb includes a file named "tools/Makefile.inc" in all
Makefile files. Upstream suggest putting the appropriate lines
depending on the presence of "opt" compilers :
OCAMLC=ocamlc.opt
OCAMLOPT=ocamlopt.opt
or
OCAMLC=ocamlc
OCAMLOPT=ocamlopt
From the original Makefile.inc file, I make two files, one with "opt" lines and
the other without.
Then, I added this in debian/rules (stolen from the list or another
package!):
WAY=$(shell if [ -f "/usr/bin/ocamlc.opt" ]; then echo "opt"; \
else echo "out"; \
fi)
# Move the proper makefile into place
cp -f `pwd`/tools/Makefile.inc.$(WAY) `pwd`/tools/Makefile.inc
$(MAKE) $(WAY)
IMHO, this allows minimal modification of original sources....and it
properly deals with the presence/lack of optimised compilers. I could
also "edit" Makefile.inc on the fly...
Of course, my package Build-Depends on ocaml-best-compilers as it was
previously written...
All this works well, though I'm not really an ocaml specialist (I'm
far more a genealogist...:-))
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