Hi Herbert; >________________________________ > From: Herbert Dürr <[email protected]>
> >Hi Pedro, > >> The ability to sidestep archive creation would be welcome (I think). > >That is already possible using the configure option > --with-package-format="installed" >which avoids the archive creation. > I have to try it, but it will take a while. >Getting back to the topic of having an "install" makefile target: >There already is an "install" target for dmake, but its usage and its result >is different enough from a "make install" in most other projects. > Aha, yes, that's the issue: how to get AOO installed without generating the archive :). >Changing the build process so that "make clean", "make", "make install" etc. >will work as expected by newcomers might be a worthwhile goal. > That is indeed something that takes a lot of *my* development time: when something fails in the middle of my changes I usually have to clean by hand the module (rm -rf) and invoke the script I use (actually a port makefile) to set the build environment and start building (everything) again. It's a PITA! >With the files of the "installed" package-format already residing in e.g. >main/instsetoo_native/*/OpenOffice/installed/install/en-US >eventually it is not too much effort to add an "install" target that feels >almost right. > I guess this is the answer to my first statement :). Pedro.
