Re: [Bug-gnupod] Re: gnupod on Windows XP/7, install/configure/make issues

[H. Langos]

Hi Brian,

On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 02:44:52PM -0500, Brian Stewart wrote:
> Henrik,
> 
> >
> > Notice the "config.status: WARNING:  'Makefile.in' seems to ignore the
> > --datarootdir setting" message not sure if that has any impact.  I've
> > tried your --prefix in numerous ways to no avail.
> 
> >Does configure ignore "--prefix=foo" or does it produce an error message?
> 
> address@hidden ~/gnu
> $ ./configure --prefix=foo
> configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: foo
> 

Thanks! I didn't know that.

> so then i tried
> 
> address@hidden ~/gnu
> $ ./configure --prefix=/foo
> 
> Same results during the make:
> 
> address@hidden ~/gnu
> $ make install
> /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /foo/bin
> mkdir -p -- /foo/bin
> /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs /foo/share/man/man1
> mkdir -p -- /foo/share/man/man1
> /cygdrive/c/strawberry/perl/bin/perl tools/gnupod_install.pl INSTALL
> "/cygdrive/c/strawberry/perl/bin/perl" "/foo/bin" "/foo/share/info"
> "/foo/share/man" ""
> Could not write //foo/bin/gnupod_addsong.pl: No such file or directory
> Installing GNUpod 0.99.8 using gnupod_install 0.25
>  > src/gnupod_addsong.pl --> //foo/bin/gnupod_addsong.pl
> make: *** [install] Error 2
> 
> 
> -
> 
> I will try and edit the Makefile, and your other suggestions.
> 
> -
> 
> Correct me if I am wrong, but gnupod is basically pure Perl with .pm
> modules -- technically if i can get all the files setup, and environ.
> variables defined (which are probably be stuffed into the *nix
> .profile) it should just work -- or are there some non-Perl calls
> being made that truly rely on *nix?

Well, GNUpod is pure perl, but it uses external binaries for a couple
of (optional) things. 

- converting media files like .ogg into something the ipod will grok
- scaling and converting images for album art
- detecting fwguid

So it should still work as it did some years ago: 
http://sunson.livejournal.com/123457.html


cheers
-henrik