Summary: GNU libtool effectively assumed that there would be no 10.10, so a bunch of packages inherited conditional logic that treats 10.10 like 10.1. We’ve been patching against this, and put a .deb validator check for flat_namespace builds.
Problem: openmpi apparently requires flat_namespace. Other packages might also need it, too, but I don’t happen to know of any offhand. There are a couple of options to address the problem: 1) Add a boolean override field, e.g. BuildFlatNamespace, to the .info and have that turn off the .deb validation check. 2) Get rid of the .deb validation check and instead apply mandatory tests in the earlier phases. For example, to test at the end of the compile phase fink-package-precedence could be extended also to check for flat_namespace and packages which need flat_namespace wouldn’t use f-p-p; or an additional option flag could be added to f-p-p. We could also check config.status before the compile phase. The virtue of option 1 is that by the time the .debs are generated most of the weirdness in particular build systems has been smoothed over, so that we’re working with libraries and executables. The downside is that the whole package gets built before a problem is found. Option 2 involves updating f-p-p and generating other helper scripts, or perhaps have a check in fink and use a boolean override flag to turn that check off—that way the default CompileScript would include the test. Thoughts? -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
