Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>, <http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Message-ID: <19991216182537.15054.qmail@web117.yahoomail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:25:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: standards for building
To: John Huddleston <jhuddles AT rocky DOT itc DOT nrcs DOT usda DOT gov>,
        cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

--- John Huddleston <jhuddles AT rocky DOT itc DOT nrcs DOT usda DOT gov> wrote:
> To Cygwin group,
> 
> I have used Cygnus B20.1 to compile an older version
> of GRASS for an application that we use.  Everything
> went OK but I did have to hack in some changes in
> the Makefiles, the Gmakefiles, and the source.
> 
> Someone from the GRASS organization contacted me
> and asked me to build their most recent 5.0beta6a.
> That's fine; however, I wanted to make the "hacks"
> consistent with your standards for building CygWin
> compliant products.  For instance, would I use a
> "#ifdef Cygnus" to isolate source code?

Hmm... No replys yet.  This one I can answer, #ifdef __CYGWIN__ is the correct
macro check.
   
> What would I use in the makefiles?
> 

Hmm... Don't know how to answer this.  Suggestion is to take a look at the
documentation for autoconf, automake and existing packages.

> BTW, we are moving behind a firewall soon so I will
> have to unsubscribe and re-subscribe to this list.  The
> id jhuddleston AT itc DOT nrcs DOT usda DOT gov should still work.
> 

Aren't changes fun?  ;^)

=====
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Cygwin Newbies, please visit
<http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Thousands of Stores.  Millions of Products.  All in one place.
Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com