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From: Matthew Summers <quantumsummers@g.o>
To: Michael Cordingley <michael.cordingley@×××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-python@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] Trying to write an ebuild
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:01:09
Message-Id: CAET+hMSVH-UN9nNyiq1+Wmg0YGSTEj0YTHJ__pqzSWBizOr9vw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-python] Trying to write an ebuild by Michael Cordingley
1 On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Michael Cordingley
2 <michael.cordingley@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > Hi there,
4 >
5 > I'm trying to create an ebuild for a package that isn't yet in
6 > Portage.  QuantLib-0.9.6 is currently in, but no bindings for it in
7 > any other languages are yet there, so I thought I'd try to write up an
8 > ebuild for the python bindings.  So far, the ebuild works, right up to
9 > the compile stage.  It fails there, and I can't figure out why.
10 >
11 > The output of the ebuild command can be found here: http://pastebin.com/a4Cx2AYi
12 > The current version of the ebuild is here: http://pastebin.com/PB0f1uSf
13 >
14 > The package that it downloads is a package of SWIG bindings for
15 > several different languages.  Doing the normal ./configure && make &&
16 > make install would try to build and install all of the bindings.  I'm
17 > trying to do ./configure && make -C Python && make install to build
18 > only the python bindings.  The idea is one package per set of
19 > bindings.  Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks!
20 >
21
22 Hi there,
23
24 Might I suggest taking a look at another ebuild that builds swig
25 bindings for an example? Please take a look at
26 dev-libs/xapian-bindings, it sounds quite similar to what you may
27 need. As far as one package per binding, I think that its better
28 handled from within a single package, controlled by use flags to
29 enable the various desired bindings. Mainly this will ease maintenance
30 of the package down the line. The ebuild
31 dev-libs/xapian-bindings-1.2.8.ebuild in particular is a great
32 example.
33
34 HTH,
35 Matthew
36
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38 Matthew W. Summers
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