[desktop-discuss] Re: [desktop] Re: [desktop] Building SFEmeld?

[Doug Scott]

Eric Boutilier wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Doug Scott wrote:
>> Eric Boutilier wrote:
>>> But in the meantime, it'd be great to have a spec-files-extra 
>>> version of
>>> gettext.spec.  ...  Any volunteers?  :-)
>>>
>> Eric,
>>
>> Here is just a quick hack together using SFEsed.spec as a template.
>> Try it out. If it looks good, tell me and I will submit it to the SFE 
>> repository :)
>>
>> Doug
>
> Wow, quick, looks good!
>
> I tripped on one gotcha though related to configure and build system
> anomalies: In this case, configure transparently (heedlessly?) behaves
> differently depending on whether it finds emacs installed [1]. So it's
> probably best to specify --without-emacs to force it to always do the 
> same
> thing.
Done.... Thanks

> Also, I'm not sure what we're supposed to do about 
> {%_libdir}/charset.alias.
>
> Delete it, e.g. like SFEgnupg.spec does? ...  Anyone?

Do we need at one package to own it? Or do we need to mark it as 
volatile with a %config attribute? Don't really know, as I have never 
looked at where this file is needed, or if it changes with each new install.

> And a couple nits: "getext" should be "gettext", and %{_datadir}/aclocal
> should be `root, other'.
Fixed. Probably a good question for Laca - Are all the file perms under 
/usr/gnu going to be the same as their /usr counterparts. Or can we make 
it easy and classify everything as "root,bin"?

> Thanks!
> Eric
>
> 1. As I just proofread this message I was stricken with horror at the
> thought that this might cause people to think I use emacs instead of vi.
> Sadly, I'm a certified vi-aholic. I've tried the 12 steps program, but to
> no avail. Like a zombie, I wonder the tech shopping world in search of 
> that
> probably non-existant keyboard with the perfectly sized, positioned, and
> (most importantly) heavily fortified Esc key. ;-)

The thought had crossed my mind :)

I have a new version of the package which adds 64-bit libraries for 
completeness. The only problem is if you do not have the latest compiler 
patches, building it will crash your machine (I crashed twice with SXDE 
build 57) :(
So, I am just looking at what I need for a compiler patch check test.

Doug