Re: [Ltib] Gutenprint 5.2.8 with LTIB

[Mike Goins]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Andy Yew <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear Mike,
>
> It WORKS!

Great.

> I simply copy&paste the spec file you've simply made to replace my previous
> gutenprint.spec and scbuild it, it ended up with the beautifully build
> success time: 236 seconds! This has been a long awaiting result and it
> finally appear....
>
> I've scinstall and scdeploy and the corresponding binary/libraries/modules
> "properly" appears in the folders they shud show up, such as rootfs/usr/bin,
> rootfs/usr/include etc.
>
> A big thanks for your help and could you email me your paypal email address
> so that i could pay you a lunch or some beers?? Last request from me for
> this topic...

Aw thanks, but instead of me, please offer it to the list maintainer
(Stuart).  Most of what I learned was from him through this list.


> Andy
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:40 AM, Mike Goins <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Andy Yew <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Dear Mike,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the simple (beginner forgiving) explanation and also the
>> > ijsgutenprint example.
>> >
>> > As this makefile (ijsgutenprint) looks similar to some spec file
>> > language, i
>> > also think the spec file method you've suggested might work. Due to lack
>> > of
>> > experience, i'd like to ask for another help from you: Could you
>> > "roughly"
>> > write a "possible" spec file content for my case here (Gutenprint and
>> > extract-strings)?? For build, configure/compile, & install parts....
>> >
>> > After this draft is got, i'll test it out here....
>>
>> I took the spec file and modified (more like hacked) it to get a host
>> extract-strings.  You may need work with it some more for the flags
>> you want.
>>
>> Builds host version (as static so I don't have to manipulate libs).
>> Copies extract-strings to a hostbin folder and replaces it with a
>> wrapper script.
>> Cleans
>> Runs configure again for the build.
>> Removes the extract-strings dependency for generating the header file.
>> Builds.
>>
>> It's not very robust (and certainly not upstream worthy), but does get
>> through that one stage.  Warning, when the cross build runs, it blows
>> away the wrapper script, but just right after that script is run.  Any
>> shift in the dependencies is likely to break the hack.  My build did
>> not complete since I am using a really old homegrown tool-chain, but I
>> expect like the codesourcery tools will not have the issue I did (well
>> after the extract-strings handling).
>>
>> I did not go into the install/deploy, but I do not expect any issues
>> with those sections.  You can test that out.
>>
>> Also, the version I found was suffixed with "-pre1", so adjust the
>> spec file appropriately.
>>
>>
>> > Thanks in advance!!
>> > Andy
>>
>> Caught me in a good mood.
>>
>>
>> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Mike Goins
>> > <address@hidden>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 6:50 AM, Mike Goins
>> >> <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >> > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Andy Yew <address@hidden>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> Hi all,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Has anyone successfully build/LTIB Gutenprint?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Gutenprint is one of those that are not cross-compile friendly (after
>> >> > taking a brief look at it).   It requires running a just built
>> >> > "extract-strings" on the host, but it does not appear differentiate
>> >> > between "build" and "host".  There are a couple options to get around
>> >> > this.
>> >>
>> >> Here is another method used to cross-compile the package:
>> >> http://pits.googlecode.com/svn-history/r5/trunk/ijsgutenprint/Makefile
>> >>
>> >> It builds libijs and extract-strings outside the source tree.  A
>> >> wrapper script file called extract-strings in created in the expected
>> >> location that references the host binary (which satisfies the rule to
>> >> build it).
>> >>
>> >> It is very possible to do this entirely within the spec file.
>> >>
>> >> <snipped for brevity since replying to own message, apologies>
>> >>
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