Re: pkg manager, arch-dependent files and autoload

[David Bateman]

Michael Goffioul wrote:
> On 5/20/07, David Bateman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > I used PKG_ADD to load java jar files located in the same directory as
>> > the PKG_ADD file. However, jar files are arch-independent. Anyway,
>> I can
>> > live with it and find a workaround (by appending ".." to the path).
>> >
>>
>> Grrr.. Splitting PKG_ADD is desirable I just see no simple way to do
>> it.. If you can think of one then we should split it..
>
> You can think about having 2 PKG_ADD files in the package source tree:
> - one in top-level dir, installed in package directory
> - one in src dir, installed in arch-dependent directory (because it
> usually relates
> oct-files and autoload)
>
> However, I can probably live with the current situation and find a
> workaround;
> for me, it's not that mandatory.
>
> Michael.
>
This would require many changes in octave-forge as the autoload commands
are defined in the top-level directories... Sorry I took the easy way out..

D.

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