On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 09:42:38AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 12:49:45AM -0500, Mike Furr wrote: > > Hello ocaml-maint team, > > > > While playing around with the OpenGL bindings, I came across this > > annoying behavior with OCamlMakefile. It seems that during the > > installation of lablgl, the following timestamps occured: > > Just don't use OcamlMakefile, i really don't like the concept myself, > and have had only trouble with it myself. And i guess writing a ocaml > Makefile is not all that different than writing a C one.
WRONG answer. If the package is so buggy that it should not be used, a bug should be filed against ftp.debian.org to have it removed. I don't see you doing that. Actually, writing an OCaml Makefile is a fairly complex procedure, especially for a library, where there are files of different sorts to compile; you must generate both native and bytecode outputs, but on some platforms, only bytecode; you must install these in the appropriate locations (maybe with findlib, maybe not); and if you use C code, there's the whole DLL generation thing. It's not at all easy. OCamlMakefile *helps* for some projects. I have found it lacking for projects that generate multiple libraries or executables. However, for the projects that don't have those requirements, it's useful. -- John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
