Re: GNUSTEP_FILESYSTEM_LAYOUT_FILE Re: [Gnustep-cvs] r31321 - in /tools/make/trunk: ChangeLog GNUstep.conf.in configure configure.ac

[Nicola Pero]

> > NB. The net result is that temporarily you need to specify --with- 
> > layout=gnustep to get the gnustep layout ... until we can work out  
> > a good mechanism for setting a preference for the layout to use.
>
> Shouldn't gnustep-make reuse the existing layout when there is  
> already a GNUstep install?

Not by default as it would be too confusing for new users.

Maybe we could add a switch to gnustep-make to tell it to save the  
prefix/layout for next time.  Something like

./configure --prefix=/ --enable-debug-by-default --with-layout=gnustep  
--enable-remember-layout

that would store the prefix/layout in some config file in /etc/ 
GNUstep/ and next time your run configure
it would then use it.

Thanks


> If I do
> ./configure --prefix=/ --enable-debug-by-default --with- 
> layout=gnustep && make && sudo -E make install
> then
> ./configure --prefix=/ --enable-debug-by-default && make && sudo -E  
> make install
>
> The second time, gnustep-make ignores my previous install and just  
> reverts to the fhs layout.
> I think it shouldn't switch the layout unless it's explicitly  
> requested, and each time the layout is changed, a warning should be  
> displayed at the end of the configuration to make things truly clear.
> Otherwise you can get weird results where some programs stop to  
> compile because gnustep-make still picks the old headers of the  
> previous GNUstep install. This happened to me when I update my  
> working copy, because I usually don't source GNUstep.sh when I  
> reinstall gnustep-make unless I make a new install in another  
> location.
>
> Cheers,
> Quentin.
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