Re: Compiling ORBit is fun, isn't it?

[Michael Hudson <mwh21 cam ac uk>]

On 20 Oct 1998, Elliot Lee wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:27:20 +0100 (BST), Michael Hudson <mwh21@cam.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> >1) My usual routine is to type
> >./autogen.sh --disable-static && make clean && make
> >This fails for a bundle of reasons.
> >1.1) I get messages about not finding the static library for libIDL.la.
> >OK, I can cope with that, take --disable-static out. Still, I *like*
> >shared libraries (I'm running out of hard disk). Is there a good reason
> >for this?
> 
> The ORBit/test/ programs need the static libs. 

So does orbit-idl, for some reason. I've commented the line in
src/idl-compiler/Makefile.am that makes it link statically out. It seems
to work just fine.

> If you submit a patch to
> build test/ only when static libs are enabled, we can work it in.

OK, this is very simple minded, but it works. This includes the
src/idl-compiler/Makefile.am patch mentioned above:

-- start patch --
Index: Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gnome/ORBit/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 Makefile.am
--- Makefile.am	1998/09/21 05:54:35	1.5
+++ Makefile.am	1998/10/21 16:55:56
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS=libIDL src test
+SUBDIRS=libIDL src @TEST_SUBDIR@
 
 bin_SCRIPTS=orbit-config
 
Index: configure.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gnome/ORBit/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -r1.39 configure.in
--- configure.in	1998/10/18 17:58:42	1.39
+++ configure.in	1998/10/21 16:55:56
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@
 ], , AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIMITED_WRITEV),AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIMITED_WRITEV))
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_LIMITED_WRITEV)
 
+if test "$enable_static" = "no"; then
+	TEST_SUBDIR=
+else
+	TEST_SUBDIR=test
+fi
+AC_SUBST(TEST_SUBDIR)
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(libIDL)
 
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile
Index: src/idl-compiler/Makefile.am
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gnome/ORBit/src/idl-compiler/Makefile.am,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 Makefile.am
--- Makefile.am	1998/09/10 22:06:06	1.13
+++ Makefile.am	1998/10/21 16:55:57
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 INCLUDES=-I$(top_builddir) -I$(top_builddir)/src \
 	 -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src @GLIB_CFLAGS@
 orbit_idl_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/libIDL/libIDL.la
-orbit_idl_LDFLAGS = -static
+#orbit_idl_LDFLAGS = -static
 orbit_idl_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/libIDL/libIDL.la \
 	@GLIB_LIBS@ \
-- end patch --
 
> >1.2) make clean is broken when the directory is clean anyway.
> >Something in `test' depends on something that is built into `src'. This is
> >fine if ORBit is built, but not if it isn't.
> >Does that make sense?
> >This would seem to be (after poring over make -d|less) because `Makefile'
> >depends on $(BUILT_SOURCES), and BUILT_SOURCES contains `echo.h', which is
> >built from `echo.idl' by $(top_builddir)/src/idl-compiler/orbit-idl. This
> >will not exist if the directory was not built up.
> 
> automake problem, NMF... :)
> 
> -- Elliot

Yes, automake seems less magical than it did before I started fighting
with this.


Michael Hudson
Jesus College
Cambridge
mwh21@cam.ac.uk