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Re: a2ps download site


Oops, forgot to address the "configure" comment:

I never said you shouldn't include it, I just commented on the fact that
there was one in the original distribution (and that, consequently, you
should do whatever is normally done in that case).

I was more concerned about files like "Makefile", which *aren't* present
in the original distribution, but are in your patch.
	Igor

On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> David,
>
> $ wget -C off http://mysite.verizon.net/res1xzsj/cygwin/a2ps-4.12-1-src.tar.bz2
> --11:05:42--  http://mysite.verizon.net/res1xzsj/cygwin/a2ps-4.12-1-src.tar.bz2
>            => `a2ps-4.12-1-src.tar.bz2'
> Resolving mysite.verizon.net... done.
> Connecting to mysite.verizon.net[206.46.189.90]:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 1,951,010 [application/x-tar]
>
> 100%[====================================>] 1,951,010    263.60K/s    ETA 00:00
>
> 11:05:52 (263.60 KB/s) - `a2ps-4.12-1-src.tar.bz2' saved [1951010/1951010]
> $ tar tjvf a2ps-4.12-1-src.tar.bz2
> -rw-rw-rw- DYYH/mkpasswd  810919 2003-04-14 14:47:04 a2ps-4.12-1.patch
> -rwxrwxrwx DYYH/mkpasswd    4867 2003-04-14 14:47:10 a2ps-4.12-1.sh
> -rwxrwxrwx DYYH/mkpasswd 1831809 2003-04-14 14:47:10 a2ps-4.12.tar.gz
>
> That patch file looks like 800k to me...  It also contains a whole bunch
> of generated files (e.g., Makefile).  Am I being fooled by the server cache?
>         Igor
>
> On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 David_Hudson at capgroup dot com wrote:
>
> > Hi Igor,
> >
> > Where are you seeing an 800K patch? My patch basically includes a just the
> > setup.hint and README files and is about 5K.
> >
> > I use Autoconf 2.13 and it runs fine. However, the configure file it
> > generates does not run properly.
> >
> > I am curious why I should not include the original configure file. The
> > Cygwin Package Contributor's Guide says I should include it. Also, every
> > cygwin src package I have downloaded (including cygwin itself) contains a
> > configure file.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>   To: David Hudson/INV/CG/CAPITAL at CG
> > Sent by: cygwin-apps-owner at cygwin dot com     cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
> > Subject: Re: a2ps download site
> > 04/14/2003 12:53 PM
> > Please respond to cygwin-apps
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > The patch still includes auto-generated files.  I doubt an 800k patch is
> > necessary to build a package that builds OOTB on Cygwin.  Please
> > regenerate the patch after doing a "make distclean" in the source
> > directory.  Also, your patch has CRLF endings, please run d2u on it.
> >            Igor
> > P.S. I realize that the original source distro also includes "configure"
> > and the like.
> > P.P.S. Which version of autoconf did you use to build the package?  I have
> > 2.13 and it bombs on the AC_REPLACE_TYPES macro in configure.in (I'm not
> > discounting cockpit error, though).  But if the package does require
> > specific versions of autotools, it should be mentioned in the README.
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 David_Hudson at capgroup dot com wrote:
> >
> > > Here are the direct links to the files:
> > >
> > > http://mysite.verizon.net/res1xzsj/cygwin/a2ps-4.12-1.tar.bz2
> > > http://mysite.verizon.net/res1xzsj/cygwin/a2ps-4.12-1-src.tar.bz2
> > >
> > > I fixed the README file as well.
> > >
> > > Igor, I have been using gcc 3.2 to build the package. Maybe that explains
> > > the build problem. The fix is very simple, but I want to test it a bit
> > > first before release it.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>   To: David Hudson/INV/CG/CAPITAL at CG
> > > Sent by: cygwin-apps-owner at cygwin dot com     cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
> > > Subject: Re: a2ps download site
> > > 04/14/2003 09:17 AM
> > > Please respond to cygwin-apps
> > >
> > > On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 David_Hudson at capgroup dot com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the feedback so far.
> > > >
> > > > I am not sure why version 4.13 (the latest version) does not compile
> > > > on my machine since it compiles out of the box on everyone else's. I
> > > > will take a look at that, but would like to contribute v4.12 in the
> > > > meantime. I have uploaded the binary and the source at:
> > > >
> > > > http://mysite.verizon.net/res1xzsj/cygwin/
> > > >
> > > > Let me know how it goes.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Dave
> > >
> > > Dave,
> > >
> > > Some feedback:
> > > For the future, it's usually a good idea to provide direct links to files
> > > in the message, rather than a page link...
> > >
> > > The packaging looks good.  I have a few nits for the source package,
> > > though:
> > > - Since you include autoconf and configure into the build instructions,
> > > there is no need to include auto-generated files (e.g., Makefile) into
> > > the patch.  Please do "make distclean" before running diff.
> > > - Why do the build instructions in the readme require cd'ing to "cygwin"
> > > to run configure?
> > >
> > > Also, there is a typo in the README: "require ant special installation"
> > >                                                 ^
> > > Other than that, are you using gcc 3 or gcc 2 to compile 4.13?  Back when
> > > it worked for me, I used gcc 2.  It's quite possible that gcc 3 is
> > > stricter about some things...
> > >            Igor
> > > P.S. I haven't verified that the package executables work...  I don't
> > > normally use a2ps heavily (if at all).
>
>

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