From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu>
Cc: "help-guix@gnu.org" <help-guix@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Non-standard builds, autoconf and gcc
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:29:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87blujoyup.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5F8A99D6-C2C3-4440-A193-D51040D96CA2@asu.edu> (John Soo's message of "Wed, 2 Oct 2019 09:25:28 -0700")
Hello,
John Soo <jsoo1@asu.edu> writes:
> Hi Todor,
>
>
>> I am trying to define a package that builds a source which has
>>
>> a non-standard build procedure. It's a mix of autotools packages and something else. My first attempt was to use the trivial builder...
>
> What is the something else? If it the shape of the build follows the
> gnu steps with some extra autotools, you may be able to use
> modify-phases. You would get the majority of the unpacking,
> replacement of relevant paths, and more. Then you could add some extra
> steps to work in the autotools specifics. My experience with the
> trivial builder is that it is best for union builds and copying some
> files but not much more.
+1
Good luck,
Maxim
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2019-10-02 13:49 Non-standard builds, autoconf and gcc Todor Kondić
2019-10-02 16:25 ` John Soo
2019-10-14 20:29 ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]
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