OSLib 6.70 on RISC OS: tools called through Run$Path

[Erik Groenhuis]

On 7 Aug 2004 Tony van der Hoff wrote:

> Erik Groenhuis <e.groenhuis at xs4all.nl> wrote in message
> <bc7152da4c.root at hop2.xs4all.nl>
> 
> [snip]
> > I have to objections to this method.
>          ^^ two?

Well guessed. 

> I agree, this is somewhat inelegant. Can't imagine why I did that; I think
> it was a "temporary" fix that was forgotten about.
> 
> > My suggestion is that the Run$Path should be left unchanged, and that
> > all calls to the generated tools in the makefiles should be preceded
> > with 'OSLibBin:'. Examples: 'OSLibBin:rm' or 'Do OSLibBin:DefMod'.
> > 
> Indeed, this is the way to do it. 
> I look forward to recieving your diffs when convenient ;)

I'd be delighted. Making a positive contribution to the OSLib package
is definitely a feel-good experience.

Any tips for suitable commands to generate the diffs?

The approach I have in mind is:
- On Unix: "cvs checkout ... " to get current head
- "RISCOSify" to convert to RISC OS file naming
- Do modifications and test the effect.
- "make <correct 'clean' target>" to leave only the original files
- "UNIXify" to convert back to Unix file naming
- On Unix: some kind of "cvs diff" command, with suitable options, to
generate the diffs. Will have to look this up.

I'm looking in particular for tips involving the last command. Maybe
there are some nifty options I should pass to get diffs that are most
helpful to you.

All this assumes that cvs checkins are blocked for mere mortals like me
(:-), and rightly so.

In the meantime, we are now officially suffering a heatwave (5 days
over 25, of which at least 3 over 30 degrees Celsius), which is giving
no indication of letting up. So progress may be very, *very* slow.

-- 
Erik Groenhuis http://www.xs4all.nl/~erikgrnh
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