Bruce,
You can see the available options under --help. OVLD is not added yet. I
will add it in a day or two and it will be turned off by default.
Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
--Jafar
On Jun 16, 2017 1:54 AM, "Bruce & Breeanna Rennie" <bren...@dcsi.net.au>
wrote:
> Good evening Jafar,
>
> Does that mean, OVLD is also configured, or is this a manual thing I still
> need to do?
>
> regards
>
> Bruce Rennie
>
> On 16/06/17 16:38, Jafar Al-Gharaibeh wrote:
>
>> Status Update:
>>
>> While not done yet but the progress that has been made so far is enough
>> to allow people to give the new changes a try. Basically, what we are
>> trying to do is move a way from any "manual" configuration where end users
>> don't have to edit files to define this or enable that to control whether a
>> particular feature is enabled or not. We are also leaving no chance of
>> guessing on the end user part to get the correct configuration for an
>> underlying platform. The configuration script should be able to figure it
>> out on its own in the vast majority of cases. We will update the
>> documentation on the website in the next few days on how to build or
>> configure Unicon moving forward. The instructions are easy, checkout the
>> sources and just do:
>>
>> ./configure && make
>>
>> And that is all you need (crossing fingers).
>>
>> You only need to call ./configure the first time you build and after a
>> "make Pure" which resets everything. Make sure to call make Pure if you
>> need fresh start or if their are major updates including to the build
>> system itself.
>>
>> ./configure --help tells you everything you need to know, most features
>> can be turn off by --disable-FEATURE
>>
>> for example ./configure --disable-concurrency will allow you to build
>> without concurrent threads. By default all features are turned on as long
>> as the dependencies are met. You can also disable a particular linked
>> library. For Example, assume you want graphics but don't want JPG support
>> for some reason (you want a smaller iconx maybe) then you can do:
>>
>> ./configure --without-jpg
>>
>> in summary, --disable is a feature level control while --without is a
>> library level control. Of course some of these libraries might be
>> dependencies for a feature, for example, on Linux, doing --without-xlib
>> will end up having the same effect as --disable-graphics. It is
>> recommended to control things at the features level unless you want a finer
>> granularity control for some reason. Don't forget:
>>
>> ./configure --help
>>
>> The changes have been tested on a few systems so let us know how it goes
>> on your particular platform. This work has not been made compatible with
>> Windows yet, but it is on the road map.
>> Happy configuration, and most importantly, Happy Unicon coding!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> The Unicon Team
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:09 PM, Jafar Al-Gharaibeh <to.ja...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:to.ja...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings Fellow Uniconers,
>>
>> I committed changes to svn today and I will make more changes
>> over the next few days that affect the configuration and the build
>> system of Unicon. I would like to bring up two points to your
>> attention:
>>
>> 1- If you are on a production system my advice is to refrain
>> form updating until the dust settles just in case something goes
>> wrong. I expect this to not take more than a few days. I didn't
>> see any issues yet. Please let me know if you have any troubles
>> and I will fix as soon as possible.
>>
>> 2- If you decide to update, make sure to start "clean" by doing:
>>
>> make Pure
>>
>> at the top level before updating. Files/configurations are being
>> shuffled around and new ones are introduced, having local changes
>> will most likely create trouble! you have been warned! :-)
>>
>> Sit tight and enjoy the ride!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jafar
>>
>>
>>
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