[GEM-dev] Gem for Pd-extended

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

hans at eds.org wrote:
> 
> On Jul 27, 2006, at 3:38 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> 
>> hans at eds.org wrote:
>>> I would like to included Gem in the Pd-extended auto-builds.  Anyone 
>>> up for trying it out?  The compile farm is already automatically 
>>> syncing to the pd-gem CVS every night.  Another option is to import a 
>>> snapshot into the pure-data CVS and build it from there.
>>
>> i prefer the former (pulling pd-gem instead of mirroring it into 
>> pure-data).
>>
>> anyhow, i am "up for trying it out", which steps are required on my side?
> 
> I think the best way to go about it is to add "gem" and "gem_install" 
> targets to packages/Makefile or packages/linux_make/Makefile.  Ideally 
> it would go in the first one since that's used on all platforms.  The 
> second option is for things that are platform-specific.  Then that "gem" 
> and "gem_install" targets just need to be added to the  "all" and 
> "install" targets.

should the install targets also pull (or at least synchronize) pd-gem 
from the cvs?
where should it go?

> 
> Does ./configure work on all platforms?  That would make life much 

that's what i am saying.
alas!, nobody ever found time to make it really work on os-x, though it 
should be no real problem. it compiles fine, but i think the linking 
stage is f*ed-up...

> easier.  Also, since the WinXP auto-build machine is MinGW-based, it 
> would be quite handy to have ./configure working on MinGW also.

that would be really cool, but somebody would have to do it...

> 
> I am working on getting the auto-builds to report failures via email, so 
> people know when they broke something.  I am thinking that these emails 
> would then go to pd-dev.
> 

they should be reported via email; whether the pd-dev is the right 
place, should be discussed there...


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