Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-doc (22 mails)

[Berthold Gunreben <bg@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Thomas Schraitle wrote:
 
> On Freitag, 28. September 2007, Thomas R. Jones wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > There are alot of inconsistencies with the build system. For
> > instance the LAYOUT variable is declared(twice), then is unset and
> > set one more time. ??????
> 
> LAYOUT was a former hack but is now deprecated.

Hmm not exactly, LAYOUT is what you should use. However, if you find
several instances of setting and unsetting this variable, you must
have a different file.

LAYOUT should be set either in an project (ENV-) file, or manually for
a build after sourcing the ENV- file. This variable is unset when
choosing a new project file, because not all of the projects
explicitly set this variable and just rely on the default value
openSUSE.
 
> > There are various other that I can write up if the admins would
> > like. Maybe a sanitized diff would be needed?
> 
> Berthold is the maintainer of the build mechanic and I am sure he 
> takes patches. :) 

I am always interested in improvements. However, the LAYOUT mechanics
seems to be alright in the moment. I am planning for a new structure
of the mechanics and I am working on this. Currently, people here
first want to finish their projects before the let me insert those
updates.
 
Berthold

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