[M3devel] How to compile system from (modified) source?

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 01:56:21AM +0000, Jay K wrote:
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> apt-get install unixodbc
> etc.
> ?
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> ./do-cm3-std.sh buildship
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> ./do-pkg.sh buildship list of packages
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> The scripts just cd around and run cm3 -build and/or cm3 -ship and/or other commands.
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> Do ./do-cm3-std.sh realclean to remove the "local" build you did.

Yay!  It works!

-- hendrik

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>  - Jay
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> > Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:36:10 -0400
> > From: hendrik at topoi.pooq.com
> > To: m3devel at elegosoft.com
> > Subject: [M3devel] How to compile system from (modified) source?
> >
> > I downloaded the complete source tree via cvs.
> >
> > I downloaded some of the RC3 archives.
> >
> > I start with an empty /usr/local/cm3.
> >
> > I install the core and RC3 gui archives.
> >
> > I make a copy of the source tree so as not to mess with the original.
> >
> > I make small changes to ButtonVBT.i3 and ButtonVBT.m3
> >
> > I run the script do-cm3-std.sh
> >
> > It fails in odbc.
> >
> > I figure maybe I don;t have the right db stuff on my system and modify
> > do-cm3-std.sh by removing all packages having anything to do with db.
> > Hereby I replace toe command P=`lots of stuff`
> > by P="long list of packages"
> >
> > I obtained the long list by sticking an echo $P into the script, copying
> > the result into the script, and removing odbc postgres95 db smalldb
> > stablegen stable
> >
> > Now I rerun the script. The package I modified appears to compile
> > withoug problems. In fact, the script seems to compile everything but
> > doesn't seem to ship anything. Aha! I forgot to say "ship".
> >
> > Now I rerun again, specifying "ship". Almost all package fails to ship
> > with the message:
> > package was built with overrides, not shipping.
> >
> > How am I supposed to do this.
> >
> > -- hendrik
> >