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Re: conflict (Was Re: gv)


On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > >
> > > > Before I reorder $PATH, I generally take a look for conflicts -
> > > >         http://invisible-island.net/conflict/
> > >
> > > Hmm, useful and builds OOTB...  Have you considered making it a Cygwin
> > > package?
> >
> > not really (I don't do much with packaging, but do offer advice to
> > people making packages from the things I work on).
>
> Ok, a couple of stumbles so far:
> - The tarball is named "conflict.tar.gz" -- it would be easier if it were
>   named "conflict-20040327.tar.gz"...  Not a biggie, though.

The webpage links to conflict.tar.gz (so I don't have to edit it).
But the ftp area has both names.

> - The "make install" rule should install into ${DESTDIR}${exec_prefix},
>   not ${exec_prefix} (same goes for manpages, etc).  I can do a quick and
>   dirty hack, but what do you think would be the "right" way?

I guess I should add $DESTDIR to the makefile.in (thanks for the
reminder).

> One last thing: are you willing to accept patches?
> 	Igor

yes

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net


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