Re: [gentoo-python] Trying to write an ebuild

[Matthew Summers <quantumsummers@gentoo.org>]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Michael Cordingley
<michael.cordingley@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to create an ebuild for a package that isn't yet in
> Portage.  QuantLib-0.9.6 is currently in, but no bindings for it in
> any other languages are yet there, so I thought I'd try to write up an
> ebuild for the python bindings.  So far, the ebuild works, right up to
> the compile stage.  It fails there, and I can't figure out why.
>
> The output of the ebuild command can be found here: http://pastebin.com/a4Cx2AYi
> The current version of the ebuild is here: http://pastebin.com/PB0f1uSf
>
> The package that it downloads is a package of SWIG bindings for
> several different languages.  Doing the normal ./configure && make &&
> make install would try to build and install all of the bindings.  I'm
> trying to do ./configure && make -C Python && make install to build
> only the python bindings.  The idea is one package per set of
> bindings.  Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks!
>

Hi there,

Might I suggest taking a look at another ebuild that builds swig
bindings for an example? Please take a look at
dev-libs/xapian-bindings, it sounds quite similar to what you may
need. As far as one package per binding, I think that its better
handled from within a single package, controlled by use flags to
enable the various desired bindings. Mainly this will ease maintenance
of the package down the line. The ebuild
dev-libs/xapian-bindings-1.2.8.ebuild in particular is a great
example.

HTH,
Matthew

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Matthew W. Summers
Gentoo Foundation Inc.