From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,MISSING_HEADERS autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id D719CBC69 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:47:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from [128.93.8.195] (alceste.inria.fr [128.93.8.195]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9V9lhBb020811 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:47:44 +0100 Message-ID: <45471BBF.3020006@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:47:43 +0100 From: Guillaume Rousse User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060915) MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why isn't ocaml distribution providing META files itself ? References: <452D0E63.6080101@inria.fr> <20061011191651.GA25358@furbychan.cocan.org> In-Reply-To: <20061011191651.GA25358@furbychan.cocan.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 45471BBF.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; guillaume:01 guillaume:01 ocaml:01 0200,:01 ocamlfind:01 findlib:01 bug:01 ocaml:01 ocamlfind:01 voluceau:01 rocquencourt:01 78153:01 wrote:01 wrote:01 chesnay:01 Richard Jones wrote: > On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 05:31:47PM +0200, Guillaume Rousse wrote: >> I just found a subtle problem on mandriva: ocamlfind returns camltk to >> be present, whereas it is not. Actually, the problems comes from the >> fact than findlibd generate META files during its installation for all >> core libraries installed on the build host, and those files get >> distributed in the findlib package itself. Which can perfectly get >> installed without camltk... >> >> This is strictly a mandriva packaging bug. However, trying to provide >> informations about package X in another package Y, because X doesn't do >> it directly, is likely to produce many other similar problems. Is there >> a reason to not provide META files directly from ocaml distribution itself ? > > I think ocamlfind is very simple and useful and should be available > in base OCaml itself. That would have far most side-effects. I'm just advocating shipping data files for ocamlfind. > Hang on, this question comes from INRIA .. They are different teams at INRIA :) -- Guillaume Rousse Projet Estime, INRIA Domaine de Voluceau Rocquencourt - B.P. 105 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex - France