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This page is intended for GNU maintainers.
I needed to test my sourceinstall tool with a lot of packages to help it become more stable, by identifying and fixing any bugs encountered.
Incidentally, by testing most GNU packages, I have produced information about those packages' build systems that could be of some use for all GNU maintainers.
It is my hope that with time, most GNU packages will make good use of the autotools, for the benefit of users and packagers alike, and giving a whole gnu sense of cohesion. I am offering help in that sense (see Feedback section below).
The build systems of GNU packages will be tested, and the results will be displayed in the following table.
Currently, most packages on ftp.gnu.org, alpha.gnu.org, and referenced by the free software directory have been tested (but not all). I could have missed some, and some have been left out knowingly (see more about this below).
The testing system is a GNU/Linux (kernel 2.6.14), gcc-3.3.4, ld 2.15.92.0.2, aclocal and automake 1.9.4, autoconf 2.59, make 3.80. Note that every time there's a 'compile-time error' note, it only means that on my system I got a compile-time error. It could work for someone else with a different setup. Note also that sometimes I give hints about possible fixes. KIM that I did not have much time to dedicate to each package so take my suggestions and notes about the package with care.
In the following table, "sourceinstall support" indicates how well sourceinstall works on the testing system with that GNU package:
The "configure script" column indicates if a suitable configure script is found in the package (some bootstrap scripts are also ok, as soon as they generate a configure script).
The "Makefile" column indicates if a suitable Makefile is present (or generated by configure). Some Makefile alternative names (GNUmakefile, makefile, some others) are also considered.
The "DESTDIR support" column indicates how well the DESTDIR variable is supported in the Makefile, if at all.
This variable is cited in the GNU Coding Standards as optional, and automake automatically generates support for it. However, when using installation hooks (or when not using automake at all), DESTDIR should be considered explicitly.
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Install.html#Install
The old name for DESTDIR, mostly found in old packages, is INSTALL_ROOT, which is also fully supported by sourceinstall.
Supporting DESTDIR makes it possible to make staged installations, vital for some functionality of sourceinstall, and generally useful for packagers. If sourceinstall does not find either DESTDIR or INSTALL_ROOT, it reverts to using prefix redirection.
| Package name | sourceinstall support | configure script | Makefile | DESTDIR support | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DLDF-1.1.5.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| CSSC-1.0.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| GNUnet-0.7.0b | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| Ggradebook-0.91 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| R-2.3.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | maintainment has been contacted about DESTDIR, but it is not supported yet. | |
| TeXmacs-1.0.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| XaoS-3.2.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| Xnee-2.05 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| a2ps-4.13 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| acct-6.3.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | the coming 6.4 version of acct has been updated with recent versions of the autotools, which support DESTDIR. | |
| acm-5.0 | No | Broken | Ok | No | This package ignored --prefix option in configure, and always installs to /usr/local. Broken permissions in the package. Maintainer has been sent a fix, but did not answer yet. | |
| adns-1.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | maintainer has been contacted, but does not appear to be interested in having DESTDIR support. | |
| alive-1.4.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| anubis-4.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| archimedes-0.0.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| aspell-0.60.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| atk-1.9.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| auctex-11.83 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| autoconf-2.60 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| autogen-5.8.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| automake-1.9 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| avl-2.0.2a | - | - | - | - | This package is not meant for installation. | |
| barcode-0.98 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | maintainer has been offered a fix to add DESTDIR support, which should be available in the next release. | |
| bash-3.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| bayonne2-1.1.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| bc-1.06 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| binutils-2.16.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| bison-2.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| bool-0.2.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| calc-2.11.11 | No | No | Ok | No | The provided Makefile must be hand edited. The maintainer has been contacted, and said he will be available to discuss the matter end of April. Must ping. | |
| ccaudio2-0.9.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| ccrtp-1.3.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| ccscript3-1.0.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| cfengine-2.0.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| cflow-1.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| cgicc-3.2.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| cim-3.30 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| classpath-0.18 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | later versions (0.19,0.20,0.90) not tested because they require gcc >= 4.0 | |
| clisp-2.39 | No | Broken | No | Ok | unfortunately clisp build system is based on makemake. Configure script returns a non-zero return value on success for some reason. Also, additional user commands are necessary for the build to succeed. These could be automated, and the flags moved to configure options. Maintainers have been contacted, but work to improve the situation is stale. No time to work on a patch myself. | |
| clx-5.02 | No | No | No | No | File renaming and hand compilation are necessary to install this software. This ancient project is probably dead beef. | |
| combine-0.3.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| commoncpp2-1.3.22 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| cons-2.2.0 | No | No | No | No | This [is | has] an alternative build system, totally incompatible. | |
| coreutils-5.97 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| cpio-2.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| dap-3.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| ddd-3.3.9 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| ddrescue-1.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| dejagnu-1.4.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| denemo-0.7.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| dgs-0.5.9.1 | No | Ok | Ok | Ok | multiple compile-time errors:zdevcal.c:52: storage size of `ltime' isn't known, zdevcal.c:54: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type, zdevcal.c:54: initializer element is not constant. | |
| dia-0.94 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| diction-1.02 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | the diction-1.10rc1 test release already contains working support for DESTDIR. | |
| diffutils-2.8.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| dominion-2.8.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| drgeo-1.1.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| ecc-0.2.2 | No | Ok | Broken | No | The build requires a particular objective C compiler that is hard-wired in the custom Makefile.in. Hand editing the file to replace objc (apple's?) with gcc does not work. | |
| ed-0.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | a patch for DESTDIR has been already sent to the maintainer, and will appear in the next release. | |
| emacs-21.4 | Ok | Ok | Broken | No | 'uninstall' rule contains a serious bug that can remove info files unrelated to emacs. Never use make uninstall. A fix for this bug and another patch to add DESTDIR support have already been sent to emacs developers, and will appear in the next version. | |
| enscript-1.6.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| eprints-2.3.13.1 | No | Ok | No | No | Custom build system, that requires running a perl script after configuration. However, the maintainer confirmed that the package is going to contain a GNU policies-based wrapping around the build system in the next release. | |
| fhp-0.2.0-RC1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| findutils-4.2.27 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| finger-1.37 | No | Ok | Ok | - | compile-time errors. Could not contact maintainer. | |
| flex-2.5.31 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| fontutils-0.7 | No | Ok | Ok | - | compile-time errors. Package still contains some relevant programs, but it is mostly unmaintained. A fix does not appear near. | |
| freedink-0.1.7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| freeipmi-0.1.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | however, the --prefix is not honored for the /var/* stuff, forcing installation of those files in a fixed system location. This makes user-mode installation not possible. | |
| fribidi-0.10.7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gama-1.9.01c | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gawk-3.1.5 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gcal-3.01 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | DESTDIR support is already in the coming gcal-4.00 version. | |
| gcc-4.1.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | versions 4.0.x do not work with sourceinstall since they require builddir != srcdir, which is hard to detect in a general way, or enforce in all packages. All other versions are ok. | |
| gcl-2.6.7 | Ok | Broken | Broken | Ok | the build system does not honour prefix correctly, resulting in impossible user-mode installation, and reduced installation destination choice for the user. | |
| gdb-6.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gdbm-1.8.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | uses old INSTALL_ROOT which is supported. The installation rule contains however a chown to bin:bin, and this requires privileges, making user-mode installation not possible. | |
| gengetopt-2.16 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gerwin-0.6 | No | No | No | No | no build system is provided. The package is assumed to be extracted on target, and contains the runnable tcl/wish scripts. Maintainer has not been contacted yet. | |
| gettext-0.14.5 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gforth-0.6.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | DESTDIR support is provided in the latest development code. Will be available in the next release. | |
| gift-0.1.15b | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gimp-2.2.7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| git-4.3.20 | No | Ok | Ok | Broken | DESTDIR support is present, but broken, because it is not considered in the installation hooks. This actually breaks the build, when trying to symlink a non existant file. Maintainment says that latest development code already contains a fix for this. | |
| glib-2.6.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| glibc-2.3.6 | No | Ok | Ok | No | glibc requires builddir != srcdir, which is hard to detect in a general way, or enforce in all packages. | |
| global-4.8.7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| glpk-4.10 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gmp-4.1.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gnash-0.7.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gnats-4.1.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gnubg-0.14.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | I had to manually add -liconv to the LDFLAGS to get a clean compile. Otherwise, I would get undefined symbols during build. Could not reach maintainment. | |
| gnubiff-2.2.1 | No | Ok | Ok | Ok | gnubiff configuration does not find installed fam.h. However, it is mainly a problem of gamin (get latest development code from gamin to make it work). | |
| gnucap-2006-07-08 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | maintainment should be contacted again to ask to move releases to ftp.gnu.org or at least make releases more easy to find. | |
| gnuchess-5.0.7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gnuedma-beta-0.15.7-7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gnugo-3.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gnump3d-2.9.8 | No | No | Ok | No | the build system is custom, paths and other information are fixed, and must be edited by hand in the Makefile prior to installation. However, the maintainer is working on some improvements that could lead to a GNU build system in the future. | |
| gnunet-gtk-0.7.0a | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | for some reason, had to disable gtk test during configuration to get it working. | |
| gnupg-1.4.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gnupod-0.99 | Partial | Ok | Ok | Ok | Package does not allow user-mode installation. | |
| gnurobots-1.0D | No | Broken | broken | No | Package ignores --prefix and has no install rule. Maintainment could not be reached. | |
| gnushogi-1.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | Could not contact maintainer about DESTDIR support. | |
| gnutls-1.2.10 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| goose-0.0.11 | No | Ok | Ok | - | compile-time errors. Maintainers and developers seem unreachable. | |
| gperf-3.0.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gphoto2-2.1.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gprolog-1.2.16 | No | Broken | Broken | No | gprolog does not honor --prefix, and always install in an arbitrary location. This is a show stopper for sourceinstall. Maintainment could not be contacted because of GNU mailing list problems. More tries should be scheduled. | |
| greg-1.4 | No | Ok | Ok | No | could not build ('/usr/bin/texi2dvi: texinfo.tex appears to be broken, quitting.') | |
| grep-2.5.1a | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gretl-1.5.0 | No | Ok | Ok | Ok | compile-time errors - must contact maintainment/developers. | |
| groff-1.19.2 | Partial | Ok | Ok | No | a fix for DESTDIR has been sent to the project, and is already included in current CVS. User mode installation is not possible, since the installation phase wants to create the fixed path /usr/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults/GXditview . | |
| grub-0.97 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | could not build newer alpha version (1.92), because my existing shared library installation of lzo-2.02 was not recognized by the configure script. | |
| gsasl-0.2.11 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gsl-1.8 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gss-0.0.9 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gtick-0.3.7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gtk+-2.6.9 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gtkeditor-0.1.8 | No | Broken | Ok | Ok | configure fails complaining for missing install-sh or install.sh in the distributed tarball. Could not contact maintainment yet. | |
| gtkeyboard-1.1.7 | No | Ok | Ok | - | compile-time errors | |
| gts-0.7.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gtypist-2.7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| guile-1.8.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gurgle-1.53 | No | Ok | Ok | Ok | compile-time errors:the program uses the old varargs.h, which is no longer supported by gcc. Many tries to contact the maintainers failed. | |
| gv-3.6.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| gvpe-2.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | warning: configure option --disable-nls is broken and results in compile-time errors. | |
| gzip-1.3.5 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | note: alpha version. Older stable versions do not support DESTDIR. | |
| hello-2.1.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| help2man-1.36.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| hp2xx-3.4.4 | No | No | No | No | the installation procedure requires moving files around, file renaming, hand-editing of files. Failed to contact maintainer. | |
| httptunnel-3.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| hyperbole-4.01 | No | No | Ok | No | the issues in the build system are being addressed by the maintainer, however it might require some time to see a fix for the encountered problems. | |
| idutils-4.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| indent-2.2.9 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| inetutils-1.4.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| intlfonts-1.2.1 | No | Broken | Broken | No | Many problems in the build system (prefix not recognized, installation, ...). Waiting for an answer from the maintainer. | |
| jwhois-3.2.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| less-394 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | a DESTDIR support patch has been handed to the less maintainer, and is going to appear in the next release. | |
| libcdio-0.76 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libextractor-0.5.9 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | warning: configure option --disable-nls is broken and results in compile-time errors. | |
| libgcrypt | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libgphoto2-2.1.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libgsasl-0.2.9 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libiconv-1.10 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libidn-0.6.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libmatheval-1.1.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libobjects-0.1.19 | No | Ok | Ok | - | compile-time errors. Should contact the project about this. | |
| libopts-27.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libosip2-2.2.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libpolyxmass-0.9.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libsigsegv-2.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libsrcinst-2.0-rc2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libtool-1.5.22 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| libxmi-1.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| lightning-1.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| m4-1.4.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| macchanger-1.5.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| mailman-2.1.8 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| mailutils-0.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| make-3.81 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| marst-2.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| mc-4.5.55 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| mcron-1.0.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| mdk-1.2.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| metahtml-5.091 | No | Ok | Ok | - | compile-time errors; note that newer versions (6.x) are not available as source code. http://www.metahtml.org/download . Maintainer could not be reached. | |
| moe-0.7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| motti-2.5.0.4 | Partial | Ok | Ok | Ok | user-mode installation fails, since it wants to unconditionally write /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Motti | |
| mtools-3.9.10 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | the mtools maintainer provided a patch for DESTDIR that will be included in the next version. | |
| nano-1.2.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| ncurses-5.5 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| ocrad-0.15 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| octal-0.0.95 | No | No | Broken | No | this alpha package has a Makefile, but with no install target. Repeated attempts at contacting the author/maintainer failed. | |
| octave-2.1.73 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | A note on ftp.gnu.org explaining where to find latest releases would help. | |
| oleo-1.99.16 | No | Ok | Ok | - | compile-time errors. Attempts at contacting the project failed, but more tries are scheduled. | |
| pango-1.8.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| parted-1.7.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| patch-2.5.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | project is undergoing management changes. DESTDIR support could be added. | |
| plotutils-2.4.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| pspp-0.4.0 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| pth-2.0.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| pycdio-0.10 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| queue-1.30.1 | No | Ok | Ok | - | build fails because of missing file in the tarball(depcomp). Development of 1.30.x has stopped, while the CVS code has seen some activity. | |
| radius-1.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| rcs-5.7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | missing DESTDIR support. Not contacted yet. | |
| readline-5.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| recode-3.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| rottlog-0.70beta3 | Partial | Broken | Broken | - | build system ignores --prefix. Tried to contact maintainment using many different adresses, but got no response. | |
| sather-1.2.2 | No | No | Broken | No | Makefile does not support common base targets and needs hand editing. Previous attempts to contact developers failed due to GNU mailing lists problems. Should contact project soon. | |
| sauce-0.8.1 | No | No | Ok | No | sauce provides a Makefile with lots of hard-coded information, which must be hand-edited to get a clean build. Maintainer has been reached about the GNU adns project (see above), and his policy for this project is probably the same. | |
| scheme-7.7.1 (mit-scheme) | No | Ok | Ok | - | compile-time errors. No response from the development mailing list. Should dig more possible addresses. | |
| screen-4.0.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| sed-4.1.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| serveez-0.1.5 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| sharutils-4.6.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| shishi-0.0.24 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| shtool-2.0.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| smalltalk-2.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| solfege-3.0.6 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | pkg-config version requirement (>= 0.17) in configure.ac could be relaxed (got a clean build with 0.15) | |
| songanizer-0.8 | No | No | No | No | does not provide a build system. However, some movement towards a gnu-compliant build system can be seen in CVS. | |
| source-highlight-2.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | missing check for exuberant ctags. Breaks the build on a system with emacs ctags. Problem has been reported to the author/maintainer. | |
| sourceinstall-2.0-rc2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| sourceinstall-gtk-2.0-rc2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| speex-1.0.5 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| stow-1.3.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| swbis-0.483 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | a patch with DESTDIR support has been handed to the project, and should appear in the next release. | |
| talkfilters-2.3.4 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| tar-1.15.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| termcap-1.3.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | could not contact maintainer yet about DESTDIR. | |
| texinfo-4.8 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| thales-1.0 | No | Broken | Ok | Ok | the configure script waits for standard input to get some of the parameters configured. Fix:replace with configure options. Project is undergoing maintainer change. | |
| tmw-0.0.18.1 (the mana world) | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| tramp-2.0.53 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | Current maintainer has recently completed changes to include DESTDIR support. Thanks! | |
| trueprint-5.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| units-1.85a | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| unrtf_0.19.9 | No | No | Ok | Broken | a complete new build system has been handed to the project. It will be included in the next release. | |
| userv-1.0.3 | No | Ok | Broken | No | The installation procedure does not ensure that the destination directories exist (mkinstalldir, mkdir -p, ...). Could not contact maintainment. | |
| uucp-1.07 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| vcdimager-0.7.23 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| webpublish-0.1.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| wget-1.10.2 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| which-2.16 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| xboard-4.2.7 | Ok | Ok | Ok | No | mails to the project about DESTDIR have been lost due to GNU mailing lists issues. Will need to try again. | |
| xhippo-3.3 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| xlogmaster-1.6.1 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| xmorph_20060107 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok | ||
| zebra-0.94 | Ok | Ok | Ok | Ok |
If your GNU package is not listed yet, it may be because I skipped it by mistake, or because it's not refereced by the free software directory and not on gnu.org servers, or because it requires some huge library dependencies I could not easily build on my system (most notably I do not have gnome, or any other desktop, also I have no Sun Java (only the GNU replacement), and no C++ Boost library) All software which forms the GNOME environment will be tested with sourceinstall in a later date. If your package requires one of these, and want to help me a bit, please report about its build system state yourself.
If you'd like to have some help fixing, changing, or upgrading your build system of your package, please contact me, and I will try to help at my best as soon as I can.
Contact me at <claudio@gnu.org>, or if your feedback is about the Source Installer itself, write to the public mailing list instead: <bug-sourceinstall@gnu.org> .Return to the GNU Project home page.
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Updated: $Date: 2006/08/02 04:44:54 $ $Author: sick_soul $