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- From: Juuso Alasuutari <iuso AT sourcemage.org>
- To: sm-users AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:16:56 +0300
Javier Vasquez wrote:
Hi,
Under the test grimoire I tried unsuccessfully "gaze search mcdp". I
was thinking on writing my own, although I'm just new to sm, however I
wanted to ask 1st if there's anyone out there with such spell, or even
if it's possible. mcdp doesn't use configure, automake, autoconf
stuff. One needs to edit Makefile and params.h for compile tunning
and definitions. This might inhibit to generate a spell for it. I
don't know. At any rate one can just directly compile the tool, :)
http://www.mcmilk.de/projects/mcdp
Thanks,
Here's a small, hypothetical example of what you can do in a spell. We'll assume that the program source includes a Makefile which has an option called 'OPTION' in it which you're supposed to edit by hand. The option accepts two possible values, 'ON' and 'OFF'. We'll also assume that the Makefile has no 'make install' target, and that a succesful make produces an executable called foobar.
begin-------------------------------
CONFIGURE:
config_query_option OPTION_VAR "Enable option?" y "ON" "OFF"
PRE_BUILD:
default_pre_build &&
cd "$SOURCE_DIRECTORY" &&
sed -i "s|^OPTION=.*$|OPTION=$OPTION_VAR|" Makefile
BUILD:
make
INSTALL:
cp foobar "$INSTALL_ROOT/usr/bin/"
end---------------------------------
There are some important things worth noticing:
- If you add your own PRE_BUILD, BUILD, INSTALL or similar file, it will completely override the default equivalent behavior. Keep this in mind at all times.
- In PRE_BUILD those first two lines are the equivalent of the default PRE_BUILD behavior and are necessary when you want to have a custom PRE_BUILD; after them you can place your custom commands.
- This example needs a BUILD file containing only 'make', because the default BUILD behavior is to execute ./configure before make.
- In INSTALL the $INSTALL_ROOT variable needs to be prefixed in front of all install targets. It is necessary to enable spells to be cast into chroots and other custom locations.
Hope you enjoy writing a spell, please do ask more if you need to. :)
J
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[SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Javier Vasquez, 04/26/2007
- Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?, Thomas Orgis, 04/27/2007
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Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Juuso Alasuutari, 04/27/2007
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Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Javier Vasquez, 04/27/2007
- Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?, Florian Franzmann, 04/27/2007
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Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Eric Sandall, 04/27/2007
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Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Juuso Alasuutari, 04/27/2007
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Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik, 04/27/2007
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Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Juuso Alasuutari, 04/28/2007
- Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?, Eric Sandall, 04/28/2007
- Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?, Javier Vasquez, 04/28/2007
- Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?, Florian Franzmann, 04/28/2007
- Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?, Jeremy Blosser, 04/28/2007
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Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Juuso Alasuutari, 04/28/2007
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Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik, 04/27/2007
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Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Juuso Alasuutari, 04/27/2007
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Re: [SM-Users] mcdp spell?,
Javier Vasquez, 04/27/2007
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