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From: | Richard Frith-Macdonald |
Subject: | Re: Best distribution layout on mingw? (was Re: GNUSTEP_USER_CONFIG problem (Windows)) |
Date: | Tue, 6 Dec 2005 07:17:04 +0000 |
On 6 Dec 2005, at 06:49, Lloyd Dupont wrote:
It's why I was (unsuccessfully :-( ) suggesting to have the GNUstep.conf file in this directory.I don't understand this last comment ... what is it that doesn't work when you put the GNUstep.conf file and the gnustep-base dll in the same directory? I'm moderately sure I tested that configuration on mingw (not just on unix) a few weeks ago, before my machine died.hu... I didn't try... but according to my understanding of what you said. this would never be implemented.
I have no idea how I managed to give that impression ... that's one of the main ways the configuration system is *designed* to work.
Now if I get this email correctly that should, in fact, work? mhh... I have to give it a try then! Could I use a path like that in the GNUstep.conf then: GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT=./../GNUstep
Yes.I think that 'GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT=./System' would be more normal though ... it says that the System domain is the 'System' subdirectory of the directory containing the config file.
You configure the base library with './configure --with-config-file=./ GNUstep.conf' to tell it to look for the config file in the same directory as the DLL.
do you think this behavior of: 1. using a GNUstep.conf file (in the same directory as the dlls) 2. specifying path starting with "./" is here to stay?
Yes ... it's a core design feature of the new config file system ...ie. one of our key objectives designing it was to make creation of relocatable packages for windows easy.
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