From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BE11DBA2 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:30:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.sun.ac.za (mail1.sun.ac.za [146.232.64.12]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j828UmKO009066 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:30:49 +0200 Received: from burger.sun.ac.za ([146.232.128.30]) by mail1.sun.ac.za with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EB6wh-0002WB-Bw for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:30:47 +0200 Received: from js by burger.sun.ac.za with local (Exim 4.52) id 1EB6wg-00061G-NE for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:30:46 +0200 Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:30:46 +0200 From: Johann Spies To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] LablGL on Ubuntu? Message-ID: <20050902083046.GN18417@sun.ac.za> Mail-Followup-To: Johann Spies , caml-list@yquem.inria.fr References: <20050826224607.GA21237@localhost.localdomain> <1125101097.25384.103.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050901085637.GD4160@sun.ac.za> <1125581356.7192.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1125581356.7192.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 43180DB8.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; spies:01 jspies:01 caml-list:01 lablgl:01 spies:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 usr:01 usr:01 cvs:01 cpan:01 cpan:01 dpkg:01 universiteit:01 stellenbosch:01 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 11:29:16PM +1000, skaller wrote: > On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 10:56 +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 10:04:57AM +1000, skaller wrote: > > > > > > I actually think GODI is better than all, since it > > > doesn't have any concept of a 'distribution': source building > > > is the way to go with Ocaml, since Ocaml, unlike C, is reliable > > > and fast to build. > > > > > > > I suppose one has to choose either the Debian packages or Godi. If I > > am correct you cannot mix the two? > > At present I believe that is correct. However, it doesn't > seem impossible to provide 'dummy' equivalent Debian > packages which you can install with GODI to fool other Debian > packages into believing certain packages are installed > (well, the code *is* installed, just not by Debian). ... > A final alternative (what I use, actually), BOTH: > Debian does the 'master' install in /usr/*, whilst Godi > installs in /usr/local/godi: by default I am using > the Debian packages, but if I want to play with the > latest CVS Ocaml, I would use GODI, since it knows > when and how to rebuild libraries from source. For CPAN there I can use dh-make-perl --build --cpan to create a debian package which I then can install with dpkg if necessary. Will it be very difficult to develop a similar utility for Godi? Regards Johann -- Johann Spies Telefoon: 021-808 4036 Informasietegnologie, Universiteit van Stellenbosch "But God said to him, You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared? So is the man who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." Luke 12:20,21