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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl Schmidt wrote:
> Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> > > > Dick
> > > Currently, the internat directory in stable branch is the same as in 
> > > docs repo.
> > > It can be deleted in the stable tree (in fact I did not noticed it 
> > > was still in the stable branch until now).
> >
> > This deletion has been done by me this evening.
> >
> >
> > Dick
>
> I got an error complaining that /build/internat was missing while 
> trying to build it under Debian - I've commented it out of the 
> debian/rules file ... What was it for? Is it unneeded?

internat is not needed to my knowledge for an English user of Kicad.  
That directory holds the UI text translations and had been moved to a 
different repo branch, namely the "doc" branch.  Your English is fine, 
you don't need it.  :)


Please inform your debian package maintainer.  I think there may be 
problems with his/her debian/rules file.  In my opinion, he/she should 
find a way for it to trigger execution of CMake, and if this were to be 
done, then I don't understand why you should get this error, because the 
matching (i.e. most current) CMakeLists.txt file would not be looking 
for internat.

You have a problem with your aftermarket vendor (the debian package 
maintainer), and he/she needs your guidance.   Base the build on CMake, 
don't care if something wraps this CMake (like debian/rules).   But 
without CMake in the picture, we cannot help you here with build questions.

Currently there is a dependency on CMake 2.8.0 for latest revision, but 
if installing CMake 2.8.0 is grief for you and you can get 2.6 from 
repo, try editing the CMakeLIsts.txt file and finding and fixing the 
problem with 2.6 CMake.  If you don't have CMake 2.6 from repo, then you 
are bound to install CMake 2.8 anyway by way of a direct download and 
build from the CMake.org website.  Said differently, you have no prayer 
in getting CMake 2.4 to build Kicad, but by using 2.6 perhaps, and this 
is a subject of current discussion.  Currently CMakeLists.txt requires 
2.8.0, but this can be edited to find the problem, if any, with 2.6.

A path of least resistance might be to lobby for a 2.8 repo package of 
CMake from whomever controls that work, (debian CMake package maintainer).


Dick