Thanks guys, I'll look at RquantLib as an example. The port requires boost shared pointers. Currently the package resides at http://blue.fr.umn.edu/data/MBA_0.0-2.tar.gz It's all ready to go but for this simple dependency. Thanks again for the info. -Andrew
On 4 Aug 2006, Simon Urbanek wrote: > Andrew, > > On Aug 4, 2006, at 4:49 PM, Andrew Finley wrote: > > > I'd like to submit a new package that ports some code which uses > > the boost c++ library (i.e., an external dependency). I have > > written a linux/unix configure file as described in the Witting R > > Extensions but don't know enough about windows to write a windows > > configure/makefile. > > > > The Makefile/Makevars should be essentially the same for WIndows and > unix, because Windows build uses GNU make and gcc as well. In most > cases the only difference is that you put the Windows settings > directly in Makevars.win instead of using autoconf to create Makevars > from Makevars.in. > The usual procedure for external libraries is to use an environment > variable to specify where the library lives on Windows at build time. > configure.win is sometimes used to copy the dependent DLL into > package's libs directory such that package can be provided in a stand- > alone binary form. Another alternative is to use static library > instead. You may want to look at other packages on CRAN that use > external libraries. > I can't really give you any more specific tips, because you didn't > even tell us what package you are talking about. > > Cheers, > Simon > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > Research Fellow Department of Forest Resources University of Minnesota Office: 305 Green Hall Phone: (612) 624-1714 Fax: (612) 625-5212 web: http://blue.fr.umn.edu ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
