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On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:00:12 -0500 Brian Harring <ferringb@g.o> |
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| Beyond that, there is the shebang issue which can be addresses via a |
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| combination of automated scans/fixes, and fixing bugs as it's hit. |
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| Hardcoded vars in scripts for the path to a binary are an issue also, |
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| although again, scans can be done to at least check for it. |
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This one's a far bigger issue than might be initially obvious. It would |
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involve rewriting a whole load of autotools innards... |
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| Leaves mangling the build process so that the build framework of the |
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| package uses the prefix offset files, rather then / . For c/c++ |
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| source, usual trick from fink afaik involves a mangling of cflags |
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| with -I tacked in. Kinda ugly, although I'd expect there is a better |
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| route. |
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Again, autoconf tinkering. |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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