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"Marijn Schouten (hkBst)" <hkBst@g.o> wrote: |
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> I've encountered a few cases where the build process requires building |
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> and installing something and then using that to build something else. |
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> Is there a standard way to do this? |
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Perhaps you could build the build tools and install them to some |
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directory under the temporary build directory and use them from there by |
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adding that directory to $PATH or by calling them with full pathnames. |
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Do the build tools in question need to be installed along with the |
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desired end product, or are they nothing more than integrated build |
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prerequisites? |
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-- |
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"Such things have often happened and still happen, |
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and how can these be signs of the end of the world?" |
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-- Julian, Emperor of Rome 361-363 A.D. |
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