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=1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95D04BC6C for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:46:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.232]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l6AFkNPX012864 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:46:24 +0200 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id z3so1003309nzf for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:46:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=DWzQ4CvEs6xk65rnUGfb0cFW4I+d9LYAqKcKmL5a3xsyOrusqKtqOmyHJI9iOw/32u22uiTxKVieU7v0M2pHyFjyF8+iHLcjefufX3E036VTGTlHTog3xpsBERsVXaTirwcPSpzsxaRzuCzyIxgyqwN743loC71GtLDE46cHlDM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=I/x+sJ8GCuVaFVsj9cLn2Lbig/ksmVlF/5gTKNhNONkclS5rhdURoAL3vzX2V8UD8jA54v74vK5bmTVSMuA44HqKDXIiUrHC0FO+zW4BkkPZ3v+bwp9gvk7h2CKW3yUKG5NIbZ6ymsC7Np47FnplGyvh6LI9ojtvt6P39v1G4/g= Received: by 10.142.246.8 with SMTP id t8mr321216wfh.1184082382575; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:46:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.115.3 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:46:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9d3ec8300707100846i32b2e429w6fa07413041d51df@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:46:22 +0200 From: "Till Varoquaux" To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Camlp4s 4.02 -> 4.03 Cc: "Daniel de Rauglaudre" In-Reply-To: <1184080656.14689.47.camel@rosella.wigram> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070709094028.GB9408@yquem.inria.fr> <20070710113259.GA16672@takhisis.invalid> <20070710121954.GB7621@yquem.inria.fr> <20070710123322.GA20239@takhisis.invalid> <20070710150412.GA23767@yquem.inria.fr> <1184080656.14689.47.camel@rosella.wigram> X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 4693A9CF.001 on discorde : j-chkmail score : X : 0/20 1 0.000 -> 1 X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 4693A9CF.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; camlp:01 camlp:01 makefile:01 0200,:01 rauglaudre:01 subdirectory:01 ocaml:01 inria's:01 beginner's:01 ocaml:01 bug:01 5.1:98 sourceforge:01 beginners:01 wrote:01 Another solution, if we want to stick with the possible collisions in the names (which I personally very much dislike), would be to use a small program (say "camlp4s-config" to stick with an old C tradition) that would allow us to query for the naming informations. This would be far from ideal but would at least allow for portable makefile. Regards, Till On 7/10/07, skaller wrote: > On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 17:04 +0200, Daniel de Rauglaudre wrote: > > > For example: > > ./configure -name camlp5 > > > > would name the commands, files and manual pages: camlp5, camlp5o, camlp5r, > > camlp5r.cma, camlp5.1 and so on, and the library would be installed in > > a subdirectory camlp5 of the ocaml library directory. > > Due respect and all but this is really no good because it > makes things WORSE than they already are. How can someone > write a build script using camlp5 when it is called camlp4 > on another system ..? > > I think you should just fix the name to camlp5 or camlp4s, > since you have the power to do that, and can't change INRIA's > decision to retain the name camlp4 for an incompatible version. > > At least make the default camlp5 or camlp4s to support future > co-existence. > > -- > John Skaller > Felix, successor to C++: http://felix.sf.net > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs > -- http://till-varoquaux.blogspot.com/