Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add stfl.

[Efraim Flashner]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 03:22:54PM +0000, Marius Bakke wrote:
> Efraim Flashner <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > * gnu/packages/ncurses.scm (stfl): New variable.
> > ---
> >  gnu/packages/ncurses.scm | 50 
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > +         ;; there is no configure script so we get to do it manually
> > +         (replace 'configure
> > +           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> > +             (substitute* "Makefile"
> > +               (("\\$\\(prefix\\)") (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
> > +             (setenv "DESTDIR" "")
> > +             #t))
> 
> Would it work to simply (setenv "prefix" out), instead of substituting?
> Not sure which approach I prefer however, so feel free to disregard this.
> 

It turns out it does work.  Its also much shorter.
Even better, I figured out how to turn them into make-flags

#:make-flags (list (string-append "prefix=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
                   "DESTDIR=\"\"")

> > +         ;; in our ncurses, the headers are in /include
> > +         (add-before 'build 'patch-ncursesw
> > +           (lambda _
> > +             (substitute* '("stfl_internals.h")
> > +               (("ncursesw/") ""))
> > +             #t))
> > +         (add-after 'install 'install-missing-symlink
> > +           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> > +             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
> > +                    (lib (string-append out "/lib")))
> > +               ;; newsbeuter looks for libstfl.so.0
> 
> Perhaps just say "some programs" instead of newsbeuter, since they are
> mostly unrelated.
> 
> > +               (symlink "libstfl.so"
> > +                        (string-append lib "/libstfl.so.0"))))))))
> > +    (inputs
> > +     `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
> > +       ("swig" ,swig)))
> 
> Swig should probably be a native-input. Other than that LGTM!
> 

I thought the output referred to swig, but it seems not.

> > +    (home-page "http://www.clifford.at/stfl/";)
> > +    (synopsis "Structured terminal forms library")
> > +    (description "Stfl is a library which implements a curses-based widget
> > +set for text terminals.")
> > +    (license lgpl3+)))
> > -- 
> > 2.10.2



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