Re: [ANN] Stdlib 34.1 released

["Gary V. Vaughan" <gary@...>]

On 2 Apr 2013, at 02:14, "Gary V. Vaughan" <gary@vaughan.pe> wrote:

> 
> On 2 Apr 2013, at 02:10, Gary V. Vaughan <gary@vaughan.pe> wrote:
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>> Hi Dirk,
>> 
>> On 2 Apr 2013, at 01:57, Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2013/4/1 Gary V. Vaughan <gary@vaughan.pe>:
>>> 
>>>> Stdlib's home page is at http://github.com/rrthomas/lua-stdlib/
>>> 
>>> How does one use the stuff in there?
>>> 
>>> The INSTALL says:
>>> 
>>> Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
>>> configure, build, and install this package.
>>> 
>>> I've often seen packages with that; however, this one does not have
>>> a ./configure. It does not have a Makefile. It does not have a rockspec.
>>> Instead, it has:
>>> 
>>> configure.ac
>>> GNUmakefile
>>> Makefile.am
>>> stdlib.rockspec.in
>>> 
>>> Obviously some package will turn these into the real thing.
>>> Doubtless some Googling or internet exploration will reveal
>>> all. But a little hint in ether the README or INSTALL would
>>> have been nice.
>> 
>> Sorry about that.  We've just dropped in the standard GNU INSTALL file,
>> which only holds true if you build a release.
>> 
>> I'll add a note to README before the next release, thanks.
>> 
>> You have several options:
>> 
>> 1) Use Luarocks:  luarocks install stdlib
>>  That's it!  This is the easiest way to get stdlib by fare.
>> 2) Use a full source release: https://github.com/rrthomas/lua-stdlib/archive/v34.1.tar.gz

D'oh!  That's not a full release tarball :(  I meant this url:

  https://github.com/rrthomas/lua-stdlib/archive/release-v34.1.tar.gz

>>  now you will have the files you need, to follow the INSTALL instructions,
>>  after unpacking:
>>     ./configure --prefix=/somewhere/on/your/lua/cpath
>>     make
>>     (as root!) make install
>> 3) Change to the release tag in your git checkout:
>>     git checkout v34.1
>>  proceed to step 2 above.
>> 4) Be a developer, install versions of the autotools somewhere on PATH, then,
>>     autoreconf --force --verbose --install
>>  proceed to step 2 above to finish now that you have the generated files.
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> 5) when you get to step 2, and have successfully run configure, you can generate
>   the rockspecs with:
> 
>     make rockspecs
> 
>   and then do a luarocks install from the local checkout with something like:
> 
>     luarocks make stdlib-34.1-1.rockspec
> 
>   or if you are not on the release branch, better to use
> 
>     luarocks make stdlib-git-1.rockspec
> 
> 
>> HTH!
>> -- 
>> Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT vaughan DOT pe)
>> 
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