Re: [dev] Build Comments

2009-07-23 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Niklas Nebel wrote: No trace means it's used: .IF $(WITH_GPC)!=NO Yep (where the relevant part is in the tools/source/generic/makefile.mk). So my memory *did* fail me. ;) -- Thorsten signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [dev] Build Comments

2009-07-22 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Mathias Bauer wrote: gpc is no longer needed (for a looong time). Are you sure? You are right that OOo can be built without gpc (with the option to disable it), but no developer could tell me if that will create a loss of functionality or not. Kai Ahrens told me that he is going to make

Re: [dev] Build Comments

2009-07-22 Thread Niklas Nebel
On 07/22/09 09:00, Thorsten Behrens wrote: all distros I know of are using the non-gpc clipper since ages, I'm not aware of any regressions there. Also, if my memory does not fail me, Hamburg switched to non-gpc for 3.0, at least I don't find any traces of WITH_GPC in solenv anymore. No trace

Re: [dev] Build Comments

2009-07-21 Thread Mathias Bauer
Christian Lohmaier wrote: Hi Terrence, *, On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Terrence Millerterren...@sbcglobal.net wrote: any source information needed to do a build should be in a source file and stored locally. No. That differs from system to system and thus cannot be stored in a

[dev] Build Comments

2009-07-20 Thread Terrence Miller
I am about half way through my first build and have already run into things which could lead to unstable Linux builds: My experience has convinced me that any source information needed to do a build should be in a source file and stored locally. Examples of information that should be in a

Re: [dev] Build Comments

2009-07-20 Thread Terrence Miller
Christian Lohmaier wrote: On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Terrence Millerterren...@sbcglobal.net wrote: SNIP Examples of information that should be in a source files are: - A list of all the packages which need to be installed in order for the build to succeed. configure checks