Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/multimedia/vlc

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 01:40:55AM +0100, John Marino wrote:
> On 11/12/2011 12:32 AM, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> >Module Name: pkgsrc
> >Committed By:        joerg
> >Date:                Fri Nov 11 23:32:39 UTC 2011
> >
> >Modified Files:
> >     pkgsrc/multimedia/vlc: PLIST
> >
> >Log Message:
> >Revert. No revbump, unconditional adding of files that are highly
> >platform specific, adding files that don't belong into a PLIST.
> >
> >
> >To generate a diff of this commit:
> >cvs rdiff -u -r1.45 -r1.46 pkgsrc/multimedia/vlc/PLIST
> >
> >Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
> >copyright notices on the relevant files.
> >
> 
> If the *.a and *.so are garbage, but *.la files aren't, why were the 
> *.la files removed as well?

pkgsrc creates the +CONTENTS file from the PLIST provided.  +CONTENTS
is the file which is installed with the binary package.  It is created
at package installation time on a per-platform basis.  So Mac OS X
gets a .dylib, AIX gets its own stuff, and the more usual ELF
platforms get .so, .a, .so.N and .so.N.M entries.  This is dependent
on the libtool-using package having a .la entry in the PLIST.

So please do NOT make changes based on the tinderbox "findings";
rather, I'd much prefer it if you set PKG_DEVELOPER=yes (which, as wiz
points out) does most of the work that tinderbox does, but for all
of the pkgsrc platforms as a whole.  It would also be great if you
would run your proposed changes past your mentors first so that we
don't end up with things like this happening.

I know it's daunting and difficult, and we all have to start out
somewhere - but we've been through a lot of these things in
pkgsrc-land, we're not quite as moronic as would first appear, and we
are here to help.

Please use that help :-)

Many thanks,
Alistair