Bug#595909: salome-dev: add path to adm_local files

[Adam C Powell IV]

On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 10:26 +0200, Andre Espaze wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 09:48 +0200, Andre Espaze wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 06:20:34PM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 11:05 +0200, Andre Espaze wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Package: salome-dev
> > > > > > > > > Version: 5.1.3-11
> > > > > > > > > Severity: wishlist
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > It will be nice to include adm_local directory for each salome "base" modules
> > > > > > > > > in the salome-dev package. This will greatly simplify the developpement and
> > > > > > > > > packaging of new plugins since the configuration step almost refers to
> > > > > > > > > MODULE/adm_local.
> > > > > > > > > Otherwise we ave to include some MODULE_SRC in the src package for the plugins
> > > > > > > > > (see what I have done for salome-code-aster on svn debian science)
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > This is a good idea.  Right now the package puts the .m4 files all
> > > > > > > > together in one big salome.m4 in /usr/share/aclocal (because
> > > > > > > > "check_KERNEL.m4" and "check_GUI.m4" are far too generic names).  But
> > > > > > > > something like /usr/share/salome/[module]/adm_local or
> > > > > > > > just /usr/share/salome/adm_local could include more than just the .m4
> > > > > > > > files.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > /usr/share/salome/adm_local is the easiest place to put these.  Will
> > > > > > > > that work for you?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I would rather try to stick as much as possible to the "original"
> > > > > > > installation. So my feelings are that adm_local from MODULE_SRC should
> > > > > > > be included in /usr/share/salome/MODULE_SRC.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > It's pretty easy either way.  André, as someone closer to upstream, what
> > > > > > do you think makes more sense?  Right now, all of the adm_local files
> > > > > > install into /usr/adm_local, which violates the FHS.  Should they go
> > > > > > into a single directory under /usr/share/salome or into separate module
> > > > > > directories?
> > > > > To my point of view, installing the .m4 files in separate module 
> > > > > directories like /usr/share/salome/MODULE_SRC makes more sense with
> > > > > upstream packaging philosophy. I understand the clearness of a single 
> > > > > directory like /usr/share/salome/adm_local but I fear conflicts
> > > > > because all modules do not necessarily share the same macro for a same 
> > > > > configuration check. 
> > > > 
> > > > Well, I think it's a problem that they don't use the same macro in some
> > > > cases, like GUI checks...  But I'll go ahead and do it this way anyway.
> > > Just for information, the 'geom-use-gui-check.patch' patch is broken
> > > on the 5.1.4 version because the macros 'CHECK_SALOME_GUI' and
> > > 'CHECK_CORBA_IN_GUI' are now defined in the check_GUI.m4 file of
> > > the GEOM module.
> > 
> > Yeah, this bugged me, so I tried to get them all to work with the
> > version in the GUI module as you suggested.
> > 
> > > From now my solution is to give the path
> > > '${GUI_ROOT_DIR}/adm_local/unix/config_files' as the first argument
> > > to aclocal in build_configure (but it could be a problem in case
> > > a macro really needs to be overloaded locally).
> Finally I spoke too soon because the modified 'check_GUI.m4' from the
> GUI module will be overwritten when installing GEOM (I discovered this
> problem only when porting MED). My current workaround is to overwrite
> every 'check_GUI.m4' but of course a better solution is needed.

Indeed.  See below.

> > Okay.  Aster and Saturne will need to also use
> > ${GUI_ROOT_DIR}/share/salome/${MODULE}_SRC/adm_local/unix/config_files -
> > is this path set somewhere, so we can include both of these?
> I did not find this path.

Right, it's not there yet.  I meant, is there a ${CONFIG_PATH} or
similar variable which we can set to that value?

> Do you plan to modify 'debian/rules' in
> the installation steps or patch the autotools process?

Yes, I'll modify debian/rules: in the main config/build/install loop it
will move debian/salome[-extras|etc.]/usr/adm_local to the above path
for each module in the salome-dev package.  That will preserve the
GUI_SRC version of check_GUI.m4 and the GEOM_SRC version of it in
separate directories.

I haven't got around to it just yet.

Thanks,
Adam
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