Re: CinePaint SCons Packager

Hello Teoh,

Am 29.02.08, 07:34 -0800 schrieb H. S. Teoh:
> Yes, in fact. I've checked out the latest(?) CVS code for CinePaint from
> sourceforge, but when trying to configure it, I get this:
> 
> -----snip-----
> 
> checking for alloca... yes
> 
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH =
> 
> checking fd_set and sys/select... yes
> checking for yywrap in -lfl... yes
> checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
> checking pthread.h usability... yes
> checking pthread.h presence... yes
> checking for pthread.h... yes
> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
> ./configure: line 23300: syntax error near unexpected token `1.2.8,,'
> ./configure: line 23300: `	AM_PATH_GTK(1.2.8,,'
> 
> -----snip-----
> 
> Am I missing something?

configure --enable-gtk2 

> Anyway, in spite of configure not working, I've gone ahead to write
> SConstruct and SConscript's, and so far, I managed to get libhalf,
> lib/wire, lib/fl_i18n, and libgimp to compile. Most of app/ compiles as

libgimp?

> well, but fails at the linking stage 'cos I haven't replaced the
> necessary libtool functionality yet. This is all very preliminary, of
> course. So far on this front, I have the following questions:
> 
> 1) Are we looking for full-scale autotools replacement? Or just
> automake? The automake part is relatively easy; replacing autoconf may
> take a while to sort out since we'll have to replicate its functionality
> in SCons. (Good news: things like pkg-config are already natively
> supported by SCons.)
> 
> 2) Currently there is a lot of reliance on autoconf to generate stuff in
> version.h and config.h. Are we looking to replace these as well?
> 
> 3) What's the convention for checking stuff into CVS? I guess it must at
> least be compilable, and maybe somewhat well-tested as well? (Also, I
> don't have commit access yet.)

You can easily provide patches in the time being.

For configure. If in the end a configure; make; make install/rpm/dist-gz 
works this would be really appreciated as many users still know these
commands. Even if you provide only wrappers. Scons is one of many tools. 
Make is very well known.

> Thanks.
> 
> 
> --T

Thanks for picking this up.

kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
-- 
developing for colour management 
www.behrmann.name + www.oyranos.org


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