Also note, MLton uses the same technique. The only difference is that
when building without dependency checking, I help create a bootstrap
package for you instead of requiring you install smlnj yourself.
To be fair, SML/NJ is somewhat more brittle in terms of compiling
itself. Originally, I hoped
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 05:07:59PM -0600, aaron wrote:
The actual package build doesn't require any downloads. The binary
needed to compile is contained in the binary package. I believe
the cmucl package uses the same technique, although I could be mistaken.
In that case you really ought to
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 10:59:10AM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
Having looked at the build process it appears that this wouldn't be a
major adjustment to the package.
Yes, very easy to fix... I will do so at lunch or something. Any
chance you would sponsor the upload, it would speed up the
Package: smlnj
Version: 110.52-1
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source
The smlnj package build attempts to download files from a web site
during the build. Aside from being a policy violation, this means that
the package cannot be built on machines disconnected from the
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