On 4/18/14, 3:23 PM, Stefan Bruda wrote: > Hello, > > My workflow for tweaking Fink packages currently goes like this: wait > for the build to fail, make changes in the build directory, obtain the > corresponding patch, change the package description to account for > this, re-issue the respective "fink install" command. This if > inefficient and annoying (especially when the change turns out to be > incorrect). > > Hence my question: Is it possible to resume a build process from some > user-defined point (say, from after fetching, unpacking, and > patching), so that the (new) build process will use the (possibly > modified) source already prepared in the build directory? If so, how? > > I am not sure how clear my question is, so I am going to give an > example of how would I handle a faulty package (say, ddd-3.3.12-r3) in > Gentoo Linux: > > 1: emerge ddd > 2: # wait for the build to fail (or interrupt it) > 3: # perform changes in the build directory > 4: ebuild /usr/portage/dev-util/ddd/ddd-3.3.12-r3.ebuild compile install > 5: # repeat 3 and 4 until satisfied > 6: # change package accordingly and re-emerge, or even install on the > spot: > # ebuild /usr/portage/dev-util/ddd/ddd-3.3.12-r3.ebuild qmerge clean > > I chose Gentoo as an example because a Gentoo install follows the same > pattern as Fink's, being divided into the following phases: fetch, > unpack, compile, install (equivalent to Fink building the debs), > qmerge (equivalent to Fink installing the resulting debs), clean (wipe > the build directory). > > Could something like this be done in Fink? Many thanks in advance. > > Best regards, > Stefan >
There's currently no option under the fink command to do this. In principle, you could: 1) manually set the build environment up as Fink does, e.g. all of the environment settings from "fink dumpinfo -fenv <packagename>" along with any settings from the CompileScript. 2) Manually do your build, repeating as necessary after patching to complete it. 3) Manually run the commands contained within the InstallScript of the package. 4) Manually run what fink does to generate a .deb file. I believe those commands are all contained within /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
