Re: Debian: Cannot autobuild gnustep apps on all architectures.

[Eric Heintzmann]

On 2004-05-21 16:10:42 +0200 Adam Fedor <fedor@doc.com> wrote:

> On May 21, 2004, at 6:52 AM, Eric Heintzmann wrote:
> > > I've tried to force plmerge to fail, but I can't, even when 
> > > defaults isn't 
> > > readable/writable/doesn't exist.  Perhaps just changing 
> > > application.make 
> > > to ignore the error would work:
> > > diff -u -r1.35 application.make
> > > --- Instance/application.make   8 Mar 2004 14:05:04 -0000       1.35
> > > +++ Instance/application.make   27 Apr 2004 12:50:32 -0000
> > > @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
> > >             fi; \
> > >             echo "  NSPrincipalClass = \"$(PRINCIPAL_CLASS)\";"; \
> > >             echo "}") >$@$(END_ECHO)
> > > -        $(ECHO_NOTHING)if [ -r "$(GNUSTEP_INSTANCE)Info.plist" ]; 
> > > then \
> > > +        -$(ECHO_NOTHING)if [ -r "$(GNUSTEP_INSTANCE)Info.plist" ]; 
> > > then \
> > >              plmerge $@ "$(GNUSTEP_INSTANCE)Info.plist"; \
> > >             fi$(END_ECHO)
> > > endif
> > > although I'm not sure how the app would behave if the plist doesn't 
> > > exist. 
> > > Maybe putting an extra
> > >           $(ECHO_NOTHING)if [ -r "$(GNUSTEP_INSTANCE)Info.plist" ]; 
> > > then \
> > >              cp "$(GNUSTEP_INSTANCE)Info.plist" $@; \
> > >             fi$(END_ECHO)
> > > after that would be necessary.
> >
> > Sorry, to not answering before, but my hard drive crashed ...
> >
> > Do you intend to apply these changes on the GNUstep CVS ?
> > Or do you suggest I patch the gnustep-make debian package to see if 
> > gnustep 
> > apps can be built ?
>
> I was, but just after that Nicola came up with a plan to eliminate 
> the usage 
> of plmerge in the make scripts, so I'm holding off.  There should be 
> at least 
> some kind of fix in before the next release.
Is it possible to estimate when the next release will be ready ?