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Re: PPA version details

 

Thanks!  I just removed libboost-dev from build dependencies, added Doxygen
(although I didn't modify anything else for doxygen, yet), and removed the
MINIZIP cmake directive.

Adam Wolf
Wayne and Layne, LLC


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On 1/2/2013 4:55 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> > On 1/2/2013 3:25 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> >> I think I was pointed that way previously, the last time I tried to fix
> >> this.  I believe the cmake files are regenerated each time at the
> >> launchpad build servers--without any caching.  However, the proof's in
> >> the pudding!
> >
> > You are correct.  I just looked at one of your PPA build logs and sure
> > enough each build creates its own pristine architecture specific build
> > environment, exports the source from the KiCad repo using bzr, runs
> > CMake to generate the makefiles, and runs make to build the source.
> > It's obvious from the log file that bzr is not found when CMake is run.
> >  Neither is doxygen should you ever want to include the developer help
> > files as separate documentation package.  Now that you've added bzr to
> > the debian build dependencies it should be fixed on the next build cycle.
> >
> > You can safely remove the -DKICAD_MINIZIP=0 definition from the
> > configure section of the debian/rules file.  Minizip is no longer part
> > of the project source.
>
> I also noticed that boost-dev is a still a build dependency in the
> debian/control file.  You can remove that as well since the KiCad source
> already includes the Boost files required to build KiCad.
>
> >
> > Thanks for your efforts in providing up to date KiCad packages.
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks Wayne.
> >>
> >> Adam Wolf
> >> Wayne and Layne, LLC
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     On 1/2/2013 3:04 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> >>     > I'm not certain that my PPA currently works--as far as I can
> tell, it
> >>     > has the wrong date.  I've tinkered around trying to solve this a
> few
> >>     > times in the past, and finally tracked it down to a missing
> >>     > build-dependency of bzr.  They're installed on my local machine,
> of
> >>     > course, but not on the remote launchpad build servers (unless you
> >>     > declare them.)
> >>     >
> >>     > I added them to my packaging repo and pushed it today, so in the
> next
> >>     > day or os the PPA will pick it up.
> >>     >
> >>     > General request to everyone:  In the next few weeks, I'm cleaning
> >>     up the
> >>     > PPA packaging code to be in line with Debian/Ubuntu policy.  If
> >>     you know
> >>     > of something you want tweaked with the PPA, now's a great time to
> ask.
> >>
> >>     Adam,
> >>
> >>     I'm not sure if you are aware of it but please note that the version
> >>     header file only gets generated when CMake is run. So unless one of
> the
> >>     project CMake files changes, the version header file does not get
> >>     regenerated.  You need to call 'make rebuild_cache' in to
> regenerated
> >>     the version header file.
> >>
> >>     Wayne
> >>
> >>     >
> >>     > Adam Wolf
> >>     > Wayne and Layne, LLC
> >>     >
> >>     >
> >>     > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Vesa Solonen
> >>     <vesa.solonen@xxxxxxxx <mailto:vesa.solonen@xxxxxxxx>
> >>     > <mailto:vesa.solonen@xxxxxxxx <mailto:vesa.solonen@xxxxxxxx>>>
> wrote:
> >>     >
> >>     >     02.01.2013 16:31, Adam Wolf kirjoitti:
> >>     >     > Hi Solonen,
> >>     >     >
> >>     >     > There previously was a bug in my packaging that caused the
> wrong
> >>     >     date to be
> >>     >     > pulled in to the build version information.  I had fixed it
> a
> >>     >     while ago,
> >>     >     > but I will see if there is a regression.
> >>     >
> >>     >     Thanks for a prompt response. It's great that you are taking
> >>     care of the
> >>     >     PPA. At home I'm compiling my own, but elsewhere the PPA does
> >>     the trick.
> >>     >     IMHO a date information is not really needed, just BZR
> >>     revision number.
> >>     >     That's the only unambiguous way.
> >>     >
> >>     >     -Vesa
>
>
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