[bt-devel] BibleTime status and packaging

[Martin Gruner]

Hi Eeli,

regarding cmake: just a brief look, it seems that this is not a BT problem?
http://bugs.gentoo.org/212560

mg

On Friday 30 January 2009 13:39:44 Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
> I have to fix the Bookshelf Manager (i.e. the module manager) before
> we release the next 1.7 version. It crashes almost every time now due
> to threading problems.
>
> Techical implementation note: I used valgrind with helgrind - valgrind
> is very nice tool indeed - and it looks like it's the FTP library
> which comes with the Sword library which is not thread safe and
> crashes. I'll implement our own FTP manager later.
>
> Now I will just disable concurrent installs. The work is underway and
> shouldn't take long any more (couple of hours, if I just get some free
> slot). I hope people test it heavily, preferably with dual or quad
> core and with their own private ftp server, but any testing is better
> than none. I don't want BT crash for end users.
>
> The version number is still open. I would rather use beta or RC,
> unless we get some serious heavy testing before the release. There
> will necessarily be unnoticed bugs left and I don't want people be
> disappointed with overly optimistic version number. (Although BT has
> been quite stable for some time now, except the module manager, and
> ready for packaging.)
>
> Martin: can you help with a build problem? Debian packaging procedure
> involves using fakeroot and I suppose it doesn't work perfectly with
> cmake. Google found something with "cmake destdir" but I can't solve it.
>
> --Eeli Kaikkonen
>
>
> The rest is from Jonathan from the pkg-crosswire-devel list:
>
>
> I tried... made some progress... and then got stuck.
>
> I have a package tree for BibleTime 1.7beta3 on my machine that, when I
> run debuild, will configure and build fine, but then it fails at the
> install step, basically saying there is a problem with a relative path
> to the installation directory.
>
> I'm not a KDE or cmake-using kind of a person... and between CDBS and
> cmake, there seem to be so many layers that hide what is really
> happening, so I'm stuck for now on this.  Googling the error suggests
> that others have seen this error and not found solutions yet...
>
> Ideas welcomed.  Or if someone else wants to try their hand at BibleTime
> packaging, speak up, I'll happily pass the baton to you :)
>
> The relevant chunk of debuild output is enclosed below, in case the
> exact error message helps someone remember what the fix for it is!
>
> Jonathan
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [100%] Built target bibletime
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/home/jonathan/packages/sword/bibletime/bibletime-1.7.beta3'
> Install the project...
> -- Install configuration: "Debugfull"
> CMake Error at cmake_install.cmake:37 (FILE):
>    file called with relative DESTINATION.  This does not make sense when
> using
>    DESTDIR.  Specify absolute path or remove DESTDIR environment variable.
>
>
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/jonathan/packages/sword/bibletime/bibletime-1.7.beta3'
> make: *** [common-install-impl] Error 2
> dpkg-buildpackage: failure: fakeroot debian/rules binary gave error exit
> status 2
> debuild: fatal error at line 1329:
> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc failed
>
>
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