2017-06-03 12:25 GMT+02:00 ng0 <n...@pragmatique.xyz>: > Catonano transcribed 4.6K bytes: > > Dear Guix, > > > > some time ago I packaged Freexl for Guix > > > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id= > 623fb4d1629adfa97e3fe412d394ca0490742f29 > > > > I would like to write a guile module to wrap Freexl and then use my > module > > to import data from a bunch of .xls[x] files into a postgresql db > > > > II would like my guile module to be packaged in Guix of course > > > > The problem is that I can't make a proper package of a guile module > > containing also some C code 😕 > > > > I took a look at Paroneayea's guile-gcrypt and I don't understand very > much > > of all that m4 macros kung fu > > > > I think amz3 is having similarly a hard time in packaging his guile based > > wrap around the Wiredtiger C API > > > > Just to give you an example, in this excerpt (from guile-gcrypt > configure.ac > > ) > > > > dnl Prepare a version of $datadir that does not contain references to > > dnl shell variables. (Borrowed from Sly, which borrowed from Guix...) > > guile_gcrypt_prefix="`eval echo $prefix | sed -e"s|NONE|/usr/local|g"`" > > guile_gcrypt_datadir="`eval eval echo $datadir | sed -e > > "s|NONE|$guile_gcrypt_prefix|g"`" > > AC_SUBST([guile_gcrypt_datadir]) > > > > What does "Prepare a version of $datadir that does not contain > references to > > shell variables." mean ? > > > > I don't even understand the problem being stated here > > > > And then I think we are substituting "/usr//local" withh NONE in the > prefix > > > > But why ? > > > > Of course all the remaining configure.ac is obscure to me and the same > goes > > for Makefile.am and the contents of the "m4" folder > > > > It would be useful to have a tutorial about how to do that > > > > Or even some hints about what certain things mean, in there > > > > Maybe using a different build system would be easier ? > > > > Maybe WAF or Meson or any other ? > > My (limited) experience is limited to Leiningen and Boot, on this > > > > As for the read-o-fobia in the subect: please, don't suggest me to read > the > > autotools manual. Please 😕 > > Do you absolutely require autotools? >
No. I just want something that works > I provide a config.mk, Makefile, and if necessary Makefile.system (for systems other than > GNU/Linux)... this is in all my published and non-public > software. > If your software has a guile part and a C part, that could fit my needs So, do a confiig.mk and a Makefile, without configure.ac make for a simpler solution ? How so ? I'm not sure I understand Can you point me to a repository of yours with a Guile based proect with a C library and such config.mk and Makefile files ? Thanks
