Re: CinePaint SCons Packager

Am 29.02.08, 09:18 -0800 schrieb H. S. Teoh:
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 06:21:30PM +0100, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
> > 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 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 
> 
> I just tried that, and I still get the same error. Maybe it's an
> autoconf version conflict? It seems a bit strange that it should get a
> syntax error if it's just a missing flag.

Hmm, another possibility is that the GTK1 macros are missed. Newer systems 
dont have them. I still maintained Gtk1 versions. For instance to 
support the gtk-osx builds. The Gtk2 on osX version did not work.
 
> [...]
> > > 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?
> 
> There's a subdirectory called 'libgimp' in the source...? (Am I looking
> at the right source tree??)

This name should not be used for libraries of this project. The libgimp 
directory contains only headers. There should no object code compile.

> > 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.
> [...]
> 
> After some thought, I was thinking, maybe it's better to leave configure
> alone for now, and get SCons to work with the build part first. If that
> works well, then maybe we can look at replacing autoconf. As far as I
> can tell, though, that would take quite a bit of effort. As for
> supporting 'configure; make; make install', this should be quite easy
> (at least for the last 2 steps); we just wrap them in the Makefile to
> call scons to do the real work.

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


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