mknetrel: sub-package splitting, 2nd try

[Charles Wilson]

Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've added some terse doco in the code, but I feel that this
> sub-package splitting could do with some documentation outside the
> code, in a new file HACKING or PACKAGING.  Or maybe a dummy example
> package?
> 
> Using these patches (and the LD workaround), I've now successfully
> packaged guile.


What's the rationale behind moving files into separate trees, and then 
doing a simple 'cd $inst-doc; tar cvjf foo-doc-VER-REL.tar.bz2 *".  Whhy 
not leave everything in the same $inst tree, and use filelists?

cd $inst; tar -c -v -j -T $doc-file-list -f foo-doc-VER-REL.tar.bz2

It seems to me that moving files (complete with dir structures) into 
separate $inst trees, just to make tha tar command simpler, is less than 
ideal.

How does cross-tools do it? (separate $inst trees, simple tar cmd, I think)

How does the existing mknetrel do it?  (or does existing mknetrel have 
the ability to split up packages at all?  It must; Chris releases gcc 
and cygwin...)  I thought I remembered cgf saying that he used filelists 
to do this...

--Chuck