Re: How ot build in separate directory

[Nicola Pero]

> Thank you so much for your reply,
> 
> I actually tried what you suggested beforehand, it doesnt seem to work 
> because the Gnustep.sh file is in the wrong location (t's internal 
> variables such as GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT are pointing to say 
> /opt/GNUstep/System, instead of /tmp/someplace/gnustep/blahblah
> 
> so compiling GNUstep-make goes great, but when I try to source in 
> GNUstep.sh so I can build gui, base, etc, everything is messed up.

Ok - I'm not sure what the problem is - sure I know it can be very
confusing ... but in the end it *should* work because building RPM
packages does work in that way and well, it does work :-)

To build RPM package, the procedure is as follows -

 - start with a clean system

 - build the RPM package of gnustep-make (that will install it into
something like /var/tmp/gnustep-make, then build the package from what was
installed there)

 - install the RPM package of gnustep-make (that will install it into the
final location)

 - source GNUstep.sh

 - build the RPM package of gnustep-base (that will install it into
something like /var/tmp/gnustep-base, then build the package from what was
installed there)

 - install the RPM package of gnustep-base (that will install it into the
final location)

 - build the RPM package of gnustep-gui

 - install the RPM package of gnustep-gui

 - etc
 

I'm not sure how your packages work, but I think it's very likely that you
will need a similar setup - 

 - start with a clean system


 - build the gnustep-make package

 - install it

 - source GNUstep.sh


 - build the gnustep-base package

 - install it


 - build the gnustep-gui package

 - install it


 - build the gnustep-back package

 - install it


 - etc etc etc

Hope that helps.

> i'm making packages for my own package manager, if it wasnt for that i'm 
> sure i would be set.
> 
> anyhow, i'm just gonna install it to it's "normal" spot then copy the 
> pieces over to build the packages.  Its ugly but it'll work!
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Chad
> 
> 
> 
> On Sunday, June 30, 2002, at 11:51 PM, Nicola Pero wrote:
> 
> >
> >> This has probably been discussed before so sorry.
> >>
> >> I've been trying to find this in the makefiles and the GNUstep.sh and I
> >> can't find the proper way to build GNUstep binaries in different
> >> directories than the installation directory (lke making an RPM)
> >
> > Hmmm ... Ok - I'm confused by your statement :-)
> >
> > Either you mean 'to build gnustep binaries in different directories than
> > the _source_ directory' or maybe you rather mean 'to _install_ GNUstep
> > binaries in different directories than the installation directory', 
> > which
> > would explain the 'like making an RPM' comment.
> >
> >
> >> It was easy t do with GNUstep-make, the "special-prefix" variable made
> >> this quite handy.  But how to do it with gui, base, etc?
> >
> > Because you're talking of special-prefix, I think what you really want 
> > to
> > do is relocate the whole installation into somewhere else - precisely 
> > what
> > is needed to build rpms.
> >
> > Something like -
> >
> > make INSTALL_ROOT_DIR=/var/tmp/package-build/ \
> >      GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DIR=/var/tmp/package-
> > build/usr/GNUstep/System \
> >      install
> >
> > should do it then.
> >
> > [If you're building RPMs, you are certainly aware that gnustep-make can
> > build that for you :-) have a look at core/make/Master/rpm.make.]
> >
> >
> http://www.sf.net/projects/simplygnustep
>