Mail Archives: djgpp-workers/1999/05/18/06:40:16
On Sun, 16 May 1999, Richard Dawe wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > do they need Make, or Patch, or GDB (these are all "C development"
> > tools).
>
> I can't imagine not having 'make' installed.
I suspect that most of those who use RHIDE only have Make because
Allegro cannot be built without it.
> Maybe a quick survey here and
> in c.o.m.d would yield a list of "expected" packages needed for C
> development, etc.?
A good idea, IMHO. Perhaps a Web page could be set up where people
could report what they have installed.
DJ, can the zip picker be easily modified to maintain a data base that
would allow queries like this?
> This is where the distinction between 'requires' and 'depends-on' is
> important. The 'depends-on' would be the recommended list you speak of.
I was thinking beyond that. I was thinking about making large zip
archives that include all these ``depends-on'' packages. I think this
is better than put a list into a README and expect people to be
grown-ups. Perhaps the FAQ experience made me a bit paranoiac about
this...
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