On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:07:57 +0000 Bradley Smith <bradsm...@debian.org> wrote:
> Sorry, I should probably add that CVS works if you use the module name '.' > rather than 'soci'. That checkout turns out to be 2.2.0, not 3.0.0. There appears to be no source for 3.0.0 other than the botched tarball. I've found the original 3.0.0 announcement: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=486882C3.2060305%40msobczak.com&forum_name=soci-users 1. The remaining backends are not included in this release, because they are not effectively maintained any more and I cannot guarantee their completeness. Still, the source code for these backends is available in our CVS repository and can be used "as is". Let me know if they actually work. 2. The autotools scripts are not included, because they proved to be too heavy for effective maintenance. Instead, two compilation options are provided for Unix users: - Build script in the build/unix directory. Run the main script without parameters (./build.tcl, the others are used by the main one) to see the list of options. It was checked on few systems including Mac OS X and some Linux boxes and I believe they will work fine on a wide range of systems. Still, this is experimental and you might experience some hiccups on systems that have unusual configurations. The build scripts use trivial Tcl code and should be easy to tinker with even without prior learning, but please don't hesitate to ask questions if you find yourself lost with them. In the ideal case they will Just Work. - Classic Makefiles for those who don't believe anything but make and who want to extend or reuse the Makefiles on their own. =================== The "Classic Makefiles" are completely borked because they have been completely stripped of all the configuration support that was provided by configure.in and Makefile.am etc. Replacing autotools with a bespoke Tcl build system is too weird for me. I've failed to integrate soci into my other packages, I have no reverse dependencies for it pending and there are none that I can find already in Debian. I'm quite happy to orphan soci due to the changes in 3.0.0. Do you fancy taking it? -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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