Re: 0410 snapshot "try-ark"

Harlan, who should be asleep, comments:

> Will, we should finish debugging (and I use "we" loosely, as I paste in what
> you tell me to paste in) that XML problem, right?

Um, yeah; perhaps send me the xmlfile.py that works...

> I have gotten try-ark to run.  The problems that may need "general"
> attention include:
> 
> - zlib wants "makedepend" and that may not be found/visible

Typically non-fatal, in my experience... Is there a
makedepend lurking somewhere on the system?  Maybe we just
need to add something to <ARK-BUILDING-PATH>...

> - it would be Really Swell to get "auto-fetch" working

In sidai/package/ALL.xml, you'll find

  <get-source>
    <constraint><dependency type="essential" name="." on-method="mkdir-build" /></constraint>
    <code lang="message" proxyable="."><![CDATA[
    get-source: ToDo ToDo ToDo
    ]]></code>
  </get-source>

Now you know where to start typing :-)

> - I'm starting to use patch-2.1 everywhere instead of 2.5.4, as the former
>   actually Does The Right Thing with CVS patches

No particular opinion; does Paul Eggert know the
shortcomings of the presumably-more-modern 'patch'?
(too lazy to look in patch's changelog...)

> - try-ark builds my FreeBSD stuff in ark-builds/PKG--VER/ia32-freebsd/
>   and I believe that builds should be done in an OS-version-specific subdir.

Yes.  I suspect what you are seeing is an artifact of what
you've set up for your team in package/ALL.xml, notably
<hosts-supported>.

Will