On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 20:56 +0100, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 20:50 +0100, Federico Ferri wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > hi, > > > > why synce-gvfs requires a _built_ src tree of gvfs? > > can't just rely on the gvfs src tree? > > or otherwise could the gvfs install some specific files which expose > > its api and its build output to the other apps needing it?
gvfs has no public interfaces. There have been a number of requests on the gvfs list for such a beast, including mine. The current response from the devs is that this may happen, but no guarantees. synce-gvfs requires a built tree because the internal build structure of gvfs also changes sometimes, and I don't have the time to follow it every time this happens, whereas with a built tree we can get by with the internal headers and the libdaemon library (and I have to fiddle even this sometimes). The crappy workaround I came up with was the stuff in the make-dist dir in the synce-gvfs source, which will grab everything it needs from an unbuilt gvfs source tree and allow you to build a self contained synce-gvfs source. This is the method used to produce the current synce-gvfs tarball. Yes this is broken with gvfs 1.0.2. I overcame this for ubuntu by rebuilding the source against a 1.0.2 tree and including this synce-gvfs tree in the ubuntu package. > > > > actually, making a synce-gvfs package for gentoo turns out to be too > > messy, and current pkg is somewhat broken. > > I did it for Mandriva by simply including a gvfs tarball as a source in > the synce-gvfs package. It's messy, but it works. > -- Yeah, that's a pretty good workaround Adam, messy but we don't have much choice. I'm arranging for a new synce release in January, there will be a new gvfs source created against 1.0.2, but this situation is not going away as far as I can see. If anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears. Mark
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