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Re: [Denemo-devel] Denemo in Fedora


From: Jeremiah Benham
Subject: Re: [Denemo-devel] Denemo in Fedora
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:00:12 -0500

On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 00:27 +1000, Roy Rankin wrote:
> Jeremiah,
> 
> I have sent you the updated spec.in file. For the spec file to run it 
> assumes that "make install" does not install the .h files and that 
> denemo.conf is installed into /etc/denemo, otherwise it will fail.

Ok. I edited Makefile.am and configure.in
It now defaults to /etc/denemo directory.

I corrected this and repackaged it. I replaced the original tarballs. Go
ahead and download them and see if that works for you. 

Jeremiah
 

> I am far from an expert about windows, but for windows get_data_dir() in 
> utils.c calls  g_win32_get_package_installation_directory then adds 
> share/denemo. I would expect the configuration directory would be 
> similarly located but adding etc/denemo.
> 
> Also, an early step of the process of getting a package into Fedora is 
> the spec file (denemo.spec) and source RPM file need to be on a web 
> site.  If I generate these files can they be put on the savannah 
> download page? I may wait until you create the tar ball so I can create 
> the source RPM from it.
> 
> Regards,
> Roy Rankin
> 
> Jeremiah Benham wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 16:39 +1000, Roy Rankin wrote:
> >> I have been investigating what it would take to get Denemo included in 
> >> the Fedora distribution, something which I am willing to drive.
> >>
> >> In my investigation the following has come up.
> >>
> >> 1. The spec file I submitted violates quite a few of the MUST conditions 
> >> of a Fedora spec file. I have resolved most of these issues in my local 
> >> copy.
> > 
> > Please send this updated spec file to me. 
> > 
> >> 2. Installing include files - Why does Denemo install the .h files? Are 
> >> they of any use to someone who runs Denemo. This issue arises because 
> >> Fedora requires all .h files to be in a second RPM (denemo-devel). 
> >> Currently I have put a work-around into the spec file not to include 
> >> these files.
> > 
> > I don't understand what is doing that. I don't have any .h files
> > installed. when I do a make install. 
> >> 3. The file /usr/share/denemo/denemo.conf is a configuration file which 
> >> can be changed for system wide configuration.  The Filesystem Hierarchy 
> >> Standard states that /usr is for read-only files and the Fedora standard 
> >> states that configuration files should not be in /usr. I believe this 
> >> file should be in /etc/denemo, however, this requires a coding change in 
> >> Denemo.
> > 
> > Ok. This is a simple change.  I would have to change where denemo looks
> > for the .conf file. How is this done in windows?  There are some other
> > things I have found that need to be fixed. I will fix them and upload a
> > new tarball. Please send me your updates.
> > 
> > Jeremiah 
> > 
> > 
> >> Regards,
> >> Roy Rankin
> >>
> >>
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