> > > On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> 1) why is the colon converted to a slash which yields invalid paths (at >> >> least >> >> on windows) >> >> 2) although fpmake initially was developed to be a make tool for FPC, it >> >> can >> >> (and will be) used for other projects. Therefore I would propose not to >> >> initialize FBaseInstallDir with the FPC directory. But rather raise an >> >> exception if the basedir is not set in fpmake.pp (when issued an install >> >> command only ofcourse). This will make setting this variable mandatory. >> > >> > I suggest that we introduce a boolean property in TInstaller: >> > FPCProject >> > by default set to True. >> >> Why would you like to initialize BaseInstallDir? It will just increases >> the chance of installing the files in the wrong place. Consider a tool in >> a project/FPC (which is placed somewhere higher up the tree). If you don't >> set the BaseInstall dir it gets placed in c:\program files\whatever, but >> the base directory should be c:\program files\projectname\whatever (or >> c:\fpc\whatever resp c:\fpc\utils\whatever). The basedir should probably >> be set as an env string in any case (whith more complex projects involved) >> or just hardcoded (for simple ones). Anyway something up to the developer >> to decide and not to fix in fpmkunit. > > fpmake is intended in the first place as a way to distribute FPC related > packages, just as fpcmake was. Therefore the default behaviour should be > to install something as a FPC package: the developer should not be > forced to do anything at all. it should 'Just work' > > It can be adapted to other things as well, but that is then optional, and > can be forced by setting properties such as BaseInstallDir.
Maybe we can make a TCustomInstaller and TInstaller where the TInstaller will default to install a FPC package (=units) in the default location so the units work out-of-the-box for fppkg and fpc. The TCustomInstaller can be the base for a complete custom installation of independent projects. Peter _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
