Re: Newbie Questions and Status

Steve -

>    I'm looking for a system to maintain a small Linux distro and am 
> trying to decide between SCONS and AAP.  I had a few basic questions 
> about aap...
> 
> The docs indicate that 'package' dependencies haven't been implemented 
> yet.. Is that still true?  I need 'build time' dependencies (ie, vim 
> depends on libc6).  I'd also like to be able to generate source packages 
> (including patch files used) and generate BOM's for both the binary and 
> source packages.  Are source packages still on the 'to-do' list?

Package version numbers has not been implemented yet.  Otherwise, the
":assertpkg" command works.  Thus if you check for a version yourself
you can make it work.

> Also, In the 'ports' section of the docs, it mentions the 'steps' aap 
> goes thru to build a package - is this _only_ for ports?  Or do all aap 
> recipes go thru these hooks?  Is it possible to add/remove the steps aap 
> uses (say for instance to add 'source packaging' step)

From the tutor-port chapter:

	Setting PORTNAME to the name of the port is what actually
	triggers Aap to read this recipe as a port recipe.

Without PORTNAME the steps are not performed.  That is, the virtual
targets for the steps won't be updated.

> SCons is pretty nice, however I'd have to roll my own 'multi-step' logic 
> by adding a stamp-file layer on top of it.  I'd have an 'initialize' 
> function in each recipe automatically add dependencies on each step in 
> the process ('patch' depends on 'unpack' depends on 'fetch'..).  Aap 
> seems to have some of this already in place, but only for 'port' 
> recipes??  If I have to roll my own 'multi-step' (stages) support, would 
> the stamp-file approach be the most appropriate way to do it in aap ?

It's been some time since I looked into the port/package stuff.  It
worked when I tested it, but not much has happened since then.

I think you can get the steps to work for you, just be careful with the
extra targets that will be present.

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