[bt-devel] BibleTime status and packaging

[Martin Gruner]

Hi Eeli,

cool, whenever your changes are in, I'll release RC1 for testing.

mg

am Freitag, 30. Januar 2009 um 13:39 schrieben Sie:

> I have to fix the Bookshelf Manager (i.e. the module manager) before  
> we release the next 1.7 version. It crashes almost every time now due  
> to threading problems.

> Techical implementation note: I used valgrind with helgrind - valgrind  
> is very nice tool indeed - and it looks like it's the FTP library  
> which comes with the Sword library which is not thread safe and  
> crashes. I'll implement our own FTP manager later.

> Now I will just disable concurrent installs. The work is underway and  
> shouldn't take long any more (couple of hours, if I just get some free  
> slot). I hope people test it heavily, preferably with dual or quad  
> core and with their own private ftp server, but any testing is better  
> than none. I don't want BT crash for end users.

> The version number is still open. I would rather use beta or RC,  
> unless we get some serious heavy testing before the release. There  
> will necessarily be unnoticed bugs left and I don't want people be  
> disappointed with overly optimistic version number. (Although BT has  
> been quite stable for some time now, except the module manager, and  
> ready for packaging.)

> Martin: can you help with a build problem? Debian packaging procedure  
> involves using fakeroot and I suppose it doesn't work perfectly with  
> cmake. Google found something with "cmake destdir" but I can't solve it.

> --Eeli Kaikkonen


> The rest is from Jonathan from the pkg-crosswire-devel list:


> I tried... made some progress... and then got stuck.

> I have a package tree for BibleTime 1.7beta3 on my machine that, when I
> run debuild, will configure and build fine, but then it fails at the
> install step, basically saying there is a problem with a relative path
> to the installation directory.

> I'm not a KDE or cmake-using kind of a person... and between CDBS and
> cmake, there seem to be so many layers that hide what is really
> happening, so I'm stuck for now on this.  Googling the error suggests
> that others have seen this error and not found solutions yet...

> Ideas welcomed.  Or if someone else wants to try their hand at BibleTime
> packaging, speak up, I'll happily pass the baton to you :)

> The relevant chunk of debuild output is enclosed below, in case the
> exact error message helps someone remember what the fix for it is!

> Jonathan

> ---------------------------------------------------------------------

> [100%] Built target bibletime
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/home/jonathan/packages/sword/bibletime/bibletime-1.7.beta3'
> Install the project...
> -- Install configuration: "Debugfull"
> CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:37 (FILE):
>    file called with relative DESTINATION.  This does not make sense when
> using
>    DESTDIR.  Specify absolute path or remove DESTDIR environment variable.


> make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/jonathan/packages/sword/bibletime/bibletime-1.7.beta3'
> make: *** [common-install-impl] Error 2
> dpkg-buildpackage: failure: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit
> status 2
> debuild: fatal error at line 1329:
> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc failed


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