Re: [Help-smalltalk] Buildenvironment for a external module?

[Paolo Bonzini]

> I'm currently wondering how to best put together a build environment
> for an external module.
> Is 'gst-package --prepare' supposed to setup such an environment?

More precisely, 'gst-package --prepare package.xml'.

> Does the generated environment run of it's own or does it have to be
> included in the smalltalk build tree?

It runs on its own.

> What would be the easiest/best way to start a new external module which
> requires some C code?

This one. :-)

For no required C code, it is probably easiest to distribute an entire 
'.star' file and let the person using it run 'gst-package --install 
foo.star'.

Paolo