gnupic: Trouble getting cvs-version to fly
Subject:
Re: Trouble getting cvs-version to fly
From:
Craig Franklin ####@####.####
Date:
24 Jul 2001 04:11:16 -0000
Message-Id: <3B5CF6EA.CB0B32C5@home.com>
To simplify the checkout of gpasm, an alias in cvs has been
established. The alias is "project". The instructions for using this
alias are on the gpasm homepage.
http://gpasm.sourceforge.net/#Download
Craig Franklin wrote:
>
> Mike Crowe wrote:
> >
> > Hi all
> > I have downloaded the latest release (0.9.8) and have been able to get
> > it to compile.
>
> Good.
>
> > I am having problems getting the cvs version that I am
> > using to compile properly. The error message is:
> > cod.c: In function `init_DirBlock':
> > cod.c:158 parse error before "VERSION"
> > I am sure that it is a minor problem,
>
> Strange.
>
> What you are refering to as a problem, has to be a cvs checkout
> problem. Maybe config.h is not found?
>
> > but the question is really this.
> > Why can't the cvs version support the entire code branch (lib, doc,
> > examples,....)?
>
> Not sure what you mean.
>
> I haven't committed any changes to cvs since the 0.9.8 release. I don't
> think Scott has either.
>
> I use the cvs version to generate the distributions. They are
> identical. Sounds like cvs checkout problems.
>
> > In order to get it to compile to this point I really
> > had to manipulate subdirectories from the latest code release and the
> > cvs versions.
>
> Thats the problem.
>
> You don't have to manipulate anything in cvs to get it to compile.
>
> The tree is defined by configure.in and the root Makefile.am. If you
> move things around without altering their content, the project will not
> compile.
>
> The cvs structure could be improved to make it a little more developer
> friendly, but it is not broken.
>
> Maybe the instructions on the home page are flawed. I will review them
> this weekend and find/fix the problem.
>
> Until then...
>
> Sounds like you want to mess with the sources. I recommend the
> following:
>
> tar -zxf gpasm-0.9.8.tar.gz
> cp -R gpasm-0.9.8 gpasm-0.9.8.orig
> "make your changes to gpasm-0.9.8"
> diff -ur gpasm-0.9.8.orig gpasm-0.9.8 > mypatch.diff
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>
> > Thanks
> > Mike
> >
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