Hisham Muhammad wrote:
> On 11/5/07, Jonatan Liljedahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hisham Muhammad wrote:
>>> On 11/5/07, Jonatan Liljedahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> I've made a recipe for latest CSound.
>>>> It uses Scons, but it installs not with scons.py install but with
>>>> install.py, I tried this:
>>>>
>>>> recipe_type=scons
>>>> scons_variables=(
>>>> "prefix=$target"
>>>> )
>>>> sandbox_options=(
>>>> "--command install.py --prefix=$target"
>>>> )
>> Why was this ignored by the scons type recipe, is it because it doesn't
>> actually use the sandbox?
> 
> It does, but Compile already supplies --command, so it probably got 
> overridden.
> 
>>>> But it didn't work, instead I had to do this:
>>>>
>>>> do_install=no
>>>> pre_link() {
>>>>   ./install.py --prefix=$target
>>>> }
>>> You can do
>>>
>>> build_script=install.py
>>>
>>> (We try to autodetect setup.py, configure.py and build.py... will add
>>> install.py to the list in a future version.)
>> What does it mean that it's called *build* script?
> 
> Not the best name, true... :-\
> 
>> Is there no
>> install_script variable?
> 
> No, build_script is used both for build and install.
> 
>> And how do I pass "--prefix=$target" to it? It
>> would also be nice to run it in the sandbox...
> 
> Oh, wait a second. I just realized I got things mixed up here.
> build_script, etc., are for the "recipe_type=python" type, not for
> "recipe_type=scons". From the looks of your recipe's needs (which call
> a .py script and pass options to it), you may want to use
> "recipe_type=python instead. Unless you need to call scons to build
> and install.py to make, in which case it is a weird mix of the two
> recipe types... :\ In that case the way you did it is the right one.

Yes, scons is used to build, and install.py is used to install. It's
indeed strange... The SConstruct didn't have any install target.

But, it would anyhow be nice if I could run the install script inside
the sandbox, is that possible?

-- 
/Jonatan         [ http://kymatica.com ]
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