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Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: "Dr. Volker Zell" <Dr dot Volker dot Zell at oracle dot com>
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 17:10:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: [g-b-s Patch] Write and save logfiles for configure/make/check/install
- References: <823bnd2sm9.fsf@vzell-de.de.oracle.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sometimes during package reviews it would be useful to have the logs of
> the original configure/make/check/install stage when the package was
> build, but also for comparison between different versions. The patch
> below for the g-b-s saves these logfiles in the src archive during the
> spkg stage
As James said, an interesting idea. However...
> For example the texi2html-1.76-2-src.tar archive would include:
>
> texi2html-1.76.tar.gz
> texi2html-1.76-2.patch
> texi2html-1.76-2.sh
> texi2html-1.76-2-INSTALL.LOG
> texi2html-1.76-2-CHECK.LOG
> texi2html-1.76-2-MAKE.LOG
> texi2html-1.76-2-CONFIGURE.LOG
Why the capitalized names?
I would compress the log files -- they're only there for reference, and
place them in a separate archive (again, as James suggested).
I'm also a bit wary of polluting the source directory with yet more
files...
> 2005-10-07 Dr. Volker Zell <Dr dot Volker dot Zell at oracle dot com>
>
> * generic-build-script: Save logfiles for configure/
> make/check/install stage during spkg stage in the source
> package
>
> +++ generic-build-script 2005-10-07 18:14:14.677160000 +0200
> [snip]
Also, please make sure your ChangeLog is formatted properly, and please
attach the patch instead of including it inline.
Thanks,
Igor
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