Re: [bug-gsrc] Testing GNUstep

[Brandon Invergo]

Germán Arias <address@hidden> writes:

> Well. This now install the correct version of gnustep-back. But for some
> reason, this doesn't works. I remove all and reinstall all again, but don't
> works. The only difference I can see Is that gnustep-back creates a bundle
> called libgnustep-cairo-023.bundle (in gnu/Local/Library/Bundles/). On my
> normal gnustep installation this is called libgnustep-back-023.bundle.
> Maybe gsrc build gnustep-back with some epecial configuration that are
> causing the problem.

On the one hand, I'm disappointed to hear that it's not working but on
the other hand I'm glad that we at least got my stupid mistakes and
little problems out of the way!

So, this is what I was afraid of.  I'm not very familiar with the
GNUstep setup and, reading the docs, I found that there were a couple
different ways of doing it (particularly with regards to the directory
layout) and overall I found the whole process a bit unfamiliar compared
to the typical GNU process.  Nevertheless, only one package
(gnustep-base) required any configuration change simply to work with
with GSRC's install mechanism:

    --with-default-config=$(prefix)/etc/GNUstep/GNUstep.conf

Note, however, that in each package's directory, there's another file
called config.mk where the user can specify the configuration options
that they want.  By default, gnustep-back has the following:

    --enable-server=x11 --enable-graphics=cairo --with-name=cairo

My guess is that the "--with-name" option is what's causing the
difference in the bundle's names.  But perhaps it's the cairo backend in
general that's causing the problem.  Perhaps the default should be
xlib.  I don't recall any particular reason that I chose cairo.

Thanks as always,
Brandon

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