Re: Documentation for build system setup

[Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet gnome org>]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 04:14:13PM +0100, Sebastian Geiger (Lanoxx) wrote:
> I have just updated the wiki, please let me know if something I changed
> is not right:
>
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeCommon/Migration

This is probably bikeshedding, but it's easier to remove lines than
adding lines, after copying the template.

--
Sébastien

> On 09/02/17 15:03, Emmanuele Bassi wrote:
> > On 9 February 2017 at 13:57, Sebastian Geiger (Lanoxx) <lanoxx gmx net> wrote:
> > > What confuses me is that this paragraph starts with the phrase "it does
> > > not need any modifications made".
> > >
> > > > It does not need any modifications made, unless you need to run
> > > > another tool before configure, or do not use one of glib-gettextize,
> > > > gtkdocize or intltoolize. (Note that you should not use both
> > > > glib-gettextize and intltoolize in the same module, and it is better
> > > > to use neither; see the FAQ entry below for details.)
> > > It might be more helpful to provide a autogen.sh listing that omits both
> > > glib-gettextize and intltoolize and then add a paragraph explaining to
> > > add these for project that use either of these tools. If I understand
> > > right both a deprecated anyway and should not be needed for
> > > state-of-the-art projects.
> > >
> > > Maybe write something like this:
> > >
> > > If you are still using the deprecated glib-gettextize, then add the following line immediately before
> > > autoreconf:
> > >
> > >     glib-gettextize --force --copy || exit 1
> > >
> > > If you are still using the almost obsolete intltoolize, then add the following line immediately before
> > > autoreconf:
> > >
> > >     intltoolize --force --copy --automake || exit 1
> > Those look like good changes, indeed. Feel free to update the wiki.
> >
> > Ciao,
> >  Emmanuele.
> >
> > > On 09/02/17 11:45, Philip Withnall wrote:
> > > > Can we please standardise on the autogen.sh given in
> > > > https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeCommon/Migration#autogen.sh ?
> > > >
> > > > It does everything we need, and meets all the standards (like build-
> > > > api). If you’ve got improvements to make, please make them on that
> > > > page.
> > > >
> > > > Sebastian: the paragraph immediately above the example does say that
> > > > you should remove one or both of the intltoolize/glib-gettextize calls
> > > > as appropriate.
> > >
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