[PD] Building Externals

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Mon Oct 13 20:44:56 CEST 2008


On Oct 13, 2008, at 7:20 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:

> carmen r wrote:
>>> 'externals' cannot be self-sufficient since it will always depend  
>>> on the
>>> headers in 'pd'.
>>
>> the existing scripts were smart enough to find m_pd.h (and the  
>> other headers) alonside externals/, or its parent directory
>>
>> see miXed/ it still works that way
>>
>>
>> the issue is you introduced dependencies on several new toplevel  
>> dirs for no good reason
>>
>>
>> and broke up the modularity of the makefiles
>
> this has basically been my arguing for ages.
>
> i would very much like to revamp the entire build-system, but haven't
> had the time to do it.
> if several people are interested in doing so we could form a taskforce
> and just do it.

Sounds good to me.


>> oh well, unsubscribing. have fun in your broken paradise
>
> oh well, your zeal was shortlived then....
> let me know if you are still interested in making a better world.
>
> fgmasdr
> IOhannes

Wow, that was a waste of everyone's time.  Just come in and bitch at  
a lot of people, then bail.

.hc


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