Re: [Monotone-devel] Building monotone with Debian (Sarge)

[Kevin Smith]

graydon hoare wrote:
> as build-depends inside the debian control files, and mentionned
> indirectly in the brief phrase in README. if you'd like to add a
> description of your build experience to README or INSTALL, I'd happily
> add that.

I think what messed me up was having build-related instructions spread 
across three different files: README, INSTALL, and the "building" link 
on the monotone website. Perhaps there should be a BUILDING file, which 
is mentioned in the README and INSTALL. The web page would then have a 
copy of this file, rather than a separate document.

If we agree on a structure, I can probably do the text editing.

> yeah, I guess I assumed -- rather than documented -- a general ability
> to cajole autotools into working. perhaps I've just grown too much
> scar tissue about them.

I've built several projects, but this is the first one with automake. 
Or, at least, the first one with automake that didn't have explicit 
instructions. After a couple years working with GNU/Linux, I'm still a 
newbie in many ways :-(

> yeah, those are in dependant libraries I've imported (sqlite,
> crypto++, lua). I keep my own stuff warning-free, but I think perhas
> those other authors do not. I don't know what exactly to do about
> that; we could make a raft of local modifications, make modifications
> and feed them back upstream, or just leave things as-is (they seem to
> mostly work).

I think they should be reported upstream. If there's hope of having them 
fixed upstream, we should live with them. Otherwise, I would prefer to 
disable at least the "obviously" harmless warnings (like unused 
variable) when compiling those libraries.

Kevin