[Axiom-developer] Re: directory/truename transition

[Bill Page]

On 7/4/07, Tim Daly wrote:
> Bill Page wrote:
> > In the case of Debian isn't the policy that Axiom must be built
> > using only a separately released version of gcl as a dependency? I
> > think gcl-2.6.7 is still the official release on Debian, right?
>
> Technically, Axiom doesn't depend on "a separately released version of
> gcl" since, as I read it a "dependency" implies that someone needs to
> do an apt-get for gcl and have the dependency listed in the rpm. We
> don't need to do this since Gold, at least, cannot use an external gcl.
>
> If Camm and Ondrej want to use GCL-2.6.7 they only need to set the
> GCLVERSION variable in the top level makefile or to type:
>
>    make GCLVERSION=gcl-2.6.7
>
> and it should build using that version.

That is not how the current release of Axiom is built on Debian. Camm
patches the build system to do things in a very different way so that
among other things it uses an externally installed version of gcl
(like build-improvements and wh-sandbox but without all the autoconf
magic).

I understood that it was necessary for Camm to do this in order to
conform to Debian packaging standards. Of course it was also more
convenient for him to do this since he is also the Debian maintainer
for gcl.

Perhaps I should just shut-up and let Camm address this issue ...

Regards,
Bill Page.