Re: ANN: New Windows Installer now with GUI!

[Pablo Di Noto]

Alex Perez escribió:
> Pablo Di Noto wrote:
>
> > Alex Perez escribió:
> > > Actually, you really need to be using $GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES. This is 
> > > much safer.
> >
> > In my case, using the installer with precompiled binaries on WinXP 
> > Prof + SP1, I get the same error.
> >
> > But as I can see, the environment variable $GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES 
> > correctly points to $(GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT)/Library/Makefiles, but 
> > GNUmakefile insists in looking at $(GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT)/Makefiles. 
> > May be it is (incorrectly) hardcoded?
>
> Yes, this is my point. It's a shame marko never replied... :(

Well, I have just traced the path reference to the GNUmakefile inside 
the project itself. I was convinced it was on the make package, since 
all projects I tried showed the same symptom.

> Don't do that. The reason he's using $GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Makefiles is 
> (A) They used to live there, a while back, and (B) There's a symbolic 
> link there under *NIX. If he were using the envvar he should have always 
> been using, then we would not be having this conversation.

I see.

Well, my intention was to report it to the packagers (which made an 
incredible work, I cannot stress that enough).

Anyway, it is only a small (and easily fixable) bug and I'm sure Marko 
already took note.

Thanks guys,
///Pablo