On 31 July 2014 11:42, Bálint Réczey <bal...@balintreczey.hu> wrote:
> 2014-07-31 12:34 GMT+02:00 Peter Wu <pe...@lekensteyn.nl>: > > On Wednesday 30 July 2014 14:35:06 Gerald Combs wrote: > >> After comparing the tarballs generated by "make dist" and > >> "git-export-release.sh" I have to agree. Both have issues but the "dist" > >> tarball will build according to our documentation on Linux, Windows, and > >> OS X. > >> > >> "make dist" is missing: > >> - Quite a bit under asn1. asn1/*/CMakeLists.txt, gnm, gprscdr, > >> and other assorted files. > >> - Several CMake modules > >> - Many files under debian > >> - Many docbook files > >> - Several READMEs in doc > >> - Many files in plugins > >> - Most (all?) files in tools > >> > >> "git-export-release.sh" is missing: > >> - ./configure, install-sh, other Autotoolery > >> - Files generated using Bison/Flex > >> - help/faq.txt > >> - packaging/macosx/Info.plist > >> - plugins/*/plugin.c > >> - ui/*/*shark-tap-register.c > >> > >> It looks like you can't build from a "dist" tarball using CMake which is > >> something we should fix. > > > > Instead of relying on autotools to generate the distribution tarball, one > > could also (temporarily) add all generated files to git and use git to > build > > the tarball. > > > > Something like this (ensure that you have no other files in your git > tree!): > > > > git clean -xfd # Ensure clean working dir (destructive!) > > ./autogen.sh > > ./configure > > find -name Makefile* -print0 | xargs -0 git add -f > > git add ... configure, config.status, bison, flex, etc... > > git commit -q -m "Release" > > git archive --prefix=... HEAD | xz -9 > ....tar.gz > > git reset --hard HEAD~ # Return to previous version > Please don't do that. > > > > > Another thing to consider is the availability of cmake which does not > require > > additional files in a distribution tarball like autotools. If all > platforms > > support cmake, what about dropping the autotools-generated stuff? > +1 for dropping autotools in favor of CMake. CMake already covers all > my use cases. > I also support dropping nmake, but since I'm not building on Windows I > can't tell if CMake is complete enough. > > Not yet. Working on it though. -- Graham Bloice
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