Maybe it wasn't the correct word, but in Imake, you can implement things like "LinkSourceFile()" which has Imake replace that and it's argument with the correct implementation of a symlink build instruction on make, autotools doesn't have that functionality as far as I've read.
Thank you for your time, -Chase ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Monday, January 21, 2019 6:16 PM, Jon Trulson <j...@radscan.com> wrote: > On 1/21/19 4:22 PM, Chase wrote: > > > I did see this, but doesn't the preprocessor define instances of v_io_buf > > as it's ptr version? Or is that only > > Only if if C_API is defined. Otherwise v_io_buf is used. > > <within that file? And what about the references to dtxlate stuff from > the exported version of DtMmdb? I have no idea where to start there. > C_API is defined during compilation (all I did was move DtMmdb to lib > and disable building of mmdb. > > I don't know as I've never looked into the mmdb stuff. > > It's clear there are things going on that you do not quite understand > yet -- for example why there are two mmdb libs where one symlinks to > another. > > You should figure out why that was done first before changing anything... > > Maybe they are built with different defines so that the lib exports > different behavior to different software components for some reason. > C_API is a clue, there may be more - read the Imakefiles and look at the > options passed when building them. > > You will have to figure out how this is all being built and used now > before you can re-implement it properly... > > Also, I was puzzled by this comment earlier: > > > > > would take me a long time to write makefile.ams for due to the fact that > > > > as far as I can tell, automake doesn't have an easy way to implement > > > > macros, and thus I would have to write a plain Makefile direction for > > What do you mean that automake doesn't have an easy way to make macros? > What macros? > > -jon > > > Thank you for your time, > > -Chase > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On Monday, January 21, 2019 4:24 PM, Jon Trulson j...@radscan.com wrote: > > > > > On 1/21/19 2:07 PM, Chase via cdesktopenv-devel wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > The further and further I delve into the document building system in > > > > CDE, the more of a trainwreck I see that it is. > > > > > > :) > > > > > > > I have been working on the autotools port, and one point of interest I > > > > am running into continuously is the issue of downsizing duplicate code. > > > > I have successfully done this with the replacement of nsgmls, however > > > > due to the in progress replacement of the sgml docs with xml docs, this > > > > patch was rejected. Matthew said he would do this, however due to real > > > > life obligations and the size of the task, I don't believe that this > > > > will be done soon. No matter, nsgmls was simple enough to make a > > > > makefile.am for. > > > > > > Good - I think as you get this stuff building, it would be unwise to > > > make other changes that affect behavior.... We can address that stuff > > > later. > > > > > > > However, what isn't simple is the make file for dtinfo/mmdb. To make it > > > > short, this entire directory is just simlinks to dtinfo/DtMmdb, this > > > > would take me a long time to write makefile.ams for due to the fact that > > > > as far as I can tell, automake doesn't have an easy way to implement > > > > macros, and thus I would have to write a plain Makefile direction for > > > > each of the symlinked files. I tried to implement a merge of dtinfo/mmdb > > > > and dtinfo/DtMmdb, but I have hit these two linker errors that I am > > > > stumped on (log file attached). Could anyone help me with this? > > > > > > So do you know why these are two separate dirs for building? I don't, > > > but usually there is a reason, like some sort of translation of symbols > > > and the like. > > > At any rate, if you look at programs/dtinfo/DtMmdb/object/pstring.h you > > > will see that this member variable is not available if everything is > > > built with C_API defined, which C_API should always be defined. > > > So I am guessing that when /programs/dtinfo/dtinfo/src/Marks/Mark_mmdb.C > > > was compiled, C_API was not defined as it should be. This would then > > > cause pstring::v_io_buf_ptr to be used instead, which you should see if > > > you run 'nm' on the programs/dtinfo/DtMmdb/libDtMmdb.so.2.1 library. > > > > > > > TLDR; Need help with optimization patch, can provide WIP patch if needed > > > > > > TLDR; ensure C_API is defined when Marks/*.C is compiled...? > > > -jon > > > > > > > Thank you for your time, > > > > -Chase > > > > cdesktopenv-devel mailing list > > > > cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel > > > > > > -- > > > Jon Trulson > > > "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. > > > It was their final, most essential command." > > > -- 1984 > > > cdesktopenv-devel mailing list > > > cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel > > -- > > Jon Trulson > > "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. > It was their final, most essential command." > > -- 1984 _______________________________________________ cdesktopenv-devel mailing list cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
