[Kolab-devel] Kolab Build System - input required

[Stephan Buys]

Hello, 

Thanks for the feedback.

On Tuesday 02 September 2003 19:49, Mike Jackson wrote:
> ext Stephan Buys (list at codefusion.co.za) wrote:
> > We were thinking of using the GNU autoconfig system.
> > To build Kolab the steps would then be:
> >
> > #./configure --prefix=/kolab --emaildomain=mydomain.com
> > --hostname=myhostname #make
> > #make install
>
> That sounds pretty nice to me. Are those options just examples, or do
> you really mean that some host wouldn't know it's own hostname? :-)
>
All three of these will be optional, if you want to specify something that is
not the default. Of course something like the hostname affects the DN of
LDAP.

> > With optional make targets like:
> > #make fetch
>
> What would the fetch target do? Or is this just an example?
>
Just an example, but this will basically go and download all the Kolab .src.rpms
from the official site if it was implemented.

> > I have seen in the history of the Kolab project that there have been
> > several scripted solutions, but they never seem to last. This would give
> > us a system that everyone will know how to use, and hopefully keep on
> > using....
>
> I think that it's good if you would read this article before deciding to
> use autoconf, then make your decision. I'm not for or against it, just
> think that there are some things to consider in advance.
>
> http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/889/
>
Thanks!

> BR,
> Mike
>
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