On Jan 3, 2008, at 3:39 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: >> On Jan 2, 2008, at 2:52 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: >> >> svn co pure-data >> cd pure-data/packages/darwin_app >> ./configure --disable-all-externals --enable-zexy --enable-iemmatrix >> make && make package >> And voila, you have your custom distro. For a different >> platform, you would do this: > > ah, i think we do not agree on what a "custom distro" means. > it seems like for you, a custom distro is a (possibly stripped) > flavour of the full pd-extended distro. > for me, a custom distro is (e.g.), a pd-application that needs > several externals and comes with all these externals.
It sounds like we have the exact same idea of custom distros. For me, Pd-extended is a specific distro that includes a wide range of things that is intended to be the same on all platforms, like how Debian is the same on all the different CPUs/platforms. What I am describing is a common build system that can be used to make any distro, from pd-extended to a pd-application that you describe. > > please let's not go into the "why don't you use pd-extended then" > discussion again. > >> As for requiring the "packages" section, there is no reason why it >> is that why it is that way beside that is the way that it >> currently works. I think that all of this stuff probably should >> be included in pd/src/configure.in. > > please never ever. > put it into cvsroot/pure-data/configure.in, but leave out pd/src/ > and the kernel-configuration. I don't understand the objection to using a directory called "packages". How is that any different than "externals"? I don't think it's a great layout, but it isn't bad, and it is about as good as we can get considering that the "pd" section is basically off limits. I am open to suggestions to improvements, but "it is bad" isn't helpful or constructive. .hc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated.... -John Donne _______________________________________________ PD-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
