Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-11 Thread Gerrit P. Haase
Charles Wilson wrote: James R. Phillips wrote: Interesting idea. I didn't know you could force configure/make/install to produce log files. Wouldn't it be better to produce a separate compressed log file archive, distinct from the source archive? The contents of the source archive have bee

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-10 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > > Igor Pechtchanski writes: > > > I feel I should clarify the statement that "I'd rather not pollute the > > source directory with more files". I don't care if there are extra > > files in /usr/src/PKG-VER -- that's what it's there for. However,

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-09 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> Igor Pechtchanski writes: > I feel I should clarify the statement that "I'd rather not pollute the > source directory with more files". I don't care if there are extra files > in /usr/src/PKG-VER -- that's what it's there for. However, I'd rather > not have 4 extra files pe

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-09 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Lapo Luchini wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > >You can put them in the package root, or create a > >"logs" subdirectory -- the structure is up to you. > > Or maybe ".logs", for consistence with .build and friends. > In this case the only "strange" directory "without dot" w

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-09 Thread Lapo Luchini
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >You can put them in the package root, or create a >"logs" subdirectory -- the structure is up to you. > Or maybe ".logs", for consistence with .build and friends. In this case the only "strange" directory "without dot" would be CYGWIN-PATCHES, whose position I don't parti

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-09 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > > Igor Pechtchanski writes: > > > Also, please make sure your ChangeLog is formatted properly, and please > > attach the patch instead of including it inline. > > Ok, here it is. > > 2005-09-10 Dr. Volker Zell > > * templates/generic-build-

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-09 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Lapo Luchini wrote: > Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > > >I would compress the log files -- they're only there for reference > > Mhh, but aren't they compressed in the -src.bz2 archive itself, anyway? > I don't quite see the reason to compress them "again", but well, a nice > idea in

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-09 Thread Lapo Luchini
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: >I would compress the log files -- they're only there for reference > Mhh, but aren't they compressed in the -src.bz2 archive itself, anyway? I don't quite see the reason to compress them "again", but well, a nice idea in any case =) -- Lapo Luchini [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Op

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-09 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> Igor Pechtchanski writes: > Also, please make sure your ChangeLog is formatted properly, and please > attach the patch instead of including it inline. Ok, here it is. 2005-09-10 Dr. Volker Zell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * templates/generic-build-script (log_pkg_name): New.

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-08 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> Igor Pechtchanski writes: > I would compress the log files -- they're only there for reference, and > place them in a separate archive (again, as James suggested). Something like texi2html-1.76-2-src.tar.bz2 texi2html-1.76.tar.gz texi2html-1.76-2.patch texi2html-1.76-2.sh t

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-08 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> Charles Wilson writes: > I wouldn't worry about that. See ncurses-X.Y-Z-src.tar.bz2 FWIW, > I think this is a neat idea (and CAPS help distinguish these files > from the "working" ones like .patch, .sh, etc). That was my intention. > Chuck Ciao Volker

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-08 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
> James R Phillips writes: > Wouldn't it be better to produce a separate compressed log file archive, > distinct from the source archive? The contents of the source archive have been > previously specified. I don't think so, we just get more information on top on what we already

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-07 Thread Charles Wilson
James R. Phillips wrote: Interesting idea. I didn't know you could force configure/make/install to produce log files. Wouldn't it be better to produce a separate compressed log file archive, distinct from the source archive? The contents of the source archive have been previously specified.

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-07 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > Hi > > Sometimes during package reviews it would be useful to have the logs of > the original configure/make/check/install stage when the package was > build, but also for comparison between different versions. The patch > below for the g-b-s saves thes

Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-07 Thread James R. Phillips
--- "Dr. Volker Zell" wrote: > Hi > > Sometimes during package reviews it would be useful to have the logs of the > original configure/make/check/install stage when the package was build, > but also for comparison between different versions. The patch below for the > g-b-s > saves these logfiles

[g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install

2005-10-07 Thread Dr. Volker Zell
Hi Sometimes during package reviews it would be useful to have the logs of the original configure/make/check/install stage when the package was build, but also for comparison between different versions. The patch below for the g-b-s saves these logfiles in the src archive during the spkg stage F