[PATCH modular 2/2] Remove build-from-tarballs script.

Pat Kane pekane52 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 24 18:00:11 PST 2010


The first (and last) time I tried to used build-from-tarballs script,
it did not work.  My solution
was to just use the build.sh script and fix minor problems.

Reviewed: Pat Kane <pekane52 at gmail.com>

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 15:43 -0500, Trevor Woerner wrote:
>
> From: Trevor Woerner <twoerner at gmail.com>
>
> The build.sh script is able to perform builds from tarballs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner <twoerner at gmail.com>
> ---
>
> It is my understanding that the build-from-tarballs script doesn't work.
> Personally I don't know since I've never used it. The build.sh script has
> been patched (thanks to the contribution of others) to work with tarballs.
> I don't think we need 2 procedures for building from tarballs, especially
> since one, currently, doesn't work. Instead of fixing build-from-tarballs
> maybe it would be better to remove the duplication of work?
>
>
> Looking at git, it's a copy of build.sh that has barely been maintained.
> It does not have xcb, it has the old "data" stuff for the keyboard and I am
> sure
> it could build mesa. It's just too old.
>
>
> Reviewed-by: Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca>
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