Subj : Makefiles
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jan 10 2005 04:41 pm

  Re: Makefiles
  By: Angus Mcleod to Deuce on Sun Jan 09 2005 11:16 pm

 >   Re: Makefiles
 >   By: Deuce to Angus Mcleod on Sun Jan 09 2005 19:19:00
 > 
 >  >  > Can you tell me where $(LIBODIR) and $(EXEODIR) are defined?
 >  >
 >  > build/Common.gmake
 > 
 > Yeah.  What about adding a timestamp to them at build-time, and
 > sym-linking them back to the default name?  I've got (for instance)
 > 
 >   /sbbs/src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.exe.debug -> gcc.linux.20050101-210142.exe.debug
 >   /sbbs/src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.lib.debug -> gcc.linux.20050101-210142.lib.debug

That might be pretty confusing for new *nix sysops, but it's a thought. Sort of
an auto-backup thing.

 > and all the executables linked too:
 > 
 >   /sbbs/exec/sbbs -> ../src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.exe.debug/sbbs
 >   /sbbs/exec/sbbsecho -> ../src/sbbs3/gcc.linux.exe.debug/sbbsecho
 > 
 > and so on, but I do it manually.  If I do a build and something breaks, I
 > just relink back to the previous (or any earlier, working) build.
 > 
 > Another suggestion for a revision to sbbsunix.txt:
 > 
 > Instead of copying or symlinking libraries into /usr/lib, why not simply
 > add them to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig?

is /etc/ld.so.conf ubiqutous amongst all *nix? Or just Linux? Or just some
distros?

                                                  digital man

Snapple "Real Fact" #108:
Licking a stamp burns 10 calories.

.