Re: [Caml-list] GODI news

[Alain.Frisch@ens.fr]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Benjamin Geer wrote:

> I'd love to, but I can't find a document that explains how to do that.
> I've read the README.devel, but it's not clear to me which parts of it
> are talking about the development of GODI itself, and which parts are
> explaining how to make a GODI package.  There's a section called 'What
> to put in the Makefile' that looks relevant, but I'm wondering:  Which
> Makefile?  What do I need besides a Makefile?

Of course, Gerd will be able to provide a better answer himself, but here
is what I learnt.

You're responsible for the whole build directory except the work/
subdirectory (cf "The build directory in detail" in README.devel). AFAIK,
all the information in README.devel are relevant to make a GODI package (I
cannot see anything about the developement of GODI itself in this file).

I suggest to start from an existing package of the "same shape". For
instance, if you want to package a library which is a binding to a C
library which may need to be installed, you can start from the pcre
packages (conf-pcre, base-pcre, godi-pcre). If the library is pure OCaml,
you can start from godi-pxp. If the library needs the OCaml sources,
start from godi-wlex.

You'll need to do "bmake makesums" in you fresh build directory to
generate checksums for the files to be downloaded.

You can test your new package with godi_console by adding a line to the
file available.current, before sending the .tgz file to Gerd.


-- Alain

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