Re: [Swarm-Support] Swarm Status

[Rob Britton]

Yup, that's what I did, the example apps all compile and run just
fine. I just figured I'd let some other folks know.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Paul Johnson <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 07/11/2010 10:04 AM, Rob Britton wrote:
>> Hey Paul,
>>
>> I'm a slow responder apparently...
>>
>> I've installed Swarm using your debs, thanks a lot!
>>
>> I found a "bug". The debs install the Makefile for building Swarm apps
>> in /etc/swarm, however I grabbed some apps here:
>> http://ftp.swarm.org/pub/swarm/apps/objc/sdg/swarmapps-objc-2.2-3.tar.gz
>> These expect the Makefile to be at /usr/etc/swarm/
>> I have a feeling this is a bug on the apps side and not the debs side,
>> since /usr/etc/ not a folder that is normally used.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>
> Not a "bug", in the sense of a flaw or mistake in swarm.
>
> It is common for users to have to customize the app's makefile in order to 
> find the swarm stuff.
>
> Change the Makefile to point at the place where the code actually is.
>
> address@hidden:heatbugs$ cat Makefile
> ifeq ($(SWARMHOME),)
> SWARMHOME=/
> endif
> APPLICATION=heatbugs
> address@hidden
> APPVERSION=2.1.1
> OBJECTS=Heatbug.o HeatSpace.o main.o HeatbugModelSwarm.o \
>         HeatbugObserverSwarm.o HeatbugBatchSwarm.o
> DATAFILES = ant.png heatbugs.scm
>
> include $(SWARMHOME)/etc/swarm/Makefile.appl
>
> main.o: main.m Heatbug.h HeatSpace.h HeatbugObserverSwarm.h 
> HeatbugBatchSwarm.h
> Heatbug.o: Heatbug.m Heatbug.h
> HeatSpace.o: HeatSpace.m HeatSpace.h
> HeatbugObserverSwarm.o: HeatbugObserverSwarm.m HeatbugObserverSwarm.h 
> HeatbugModelSwarm.h
> HeatbugModelSwarm.o: HeatbugModelSwarm.m HeatbugModelSwarm.h
> HeatbugBatchSwarm.o: HeatbugBatchSwarm.m HeatbugBatchSwarm.h 
> HeatbugModelSwarm.h
>
>
> This is necessitated because of Debianization of the Swarm install.
>
> I wish we did not try to comply with the overly-intrusive Debian packaging 
> standards, yes. It makes the term SWARMHOME
> useless/meaningless, and I wish we handn't gone down that road.
>
>
> Please note swarm programs won't run unless you also install the blt packages 
> I provide.
>
> pj
>
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