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GNU Autotool-Based Projects: Best Practices? [message #154763] Wed, 21 September 2005 10:42 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: eeide.cs.utah.edu

Having looked over the online CDT docs and recent posts to this newsgroup, I
haven't found a good answer to what I think must be a common question:

What are the best practices for working with exitsing C/C++ projects
that use the GNU autotools (autoconf, etc.)?

Some things seem relatively straightforward, e.g., running one's `configure'
script as an external tool. Other tasks, however, like managing multiple,
separate object trees, seem not so obvious to me. In addition, it would seem
to be tedious to set up this kind of "custom" configuration for every C/C++
project that uses the GNU autotools.

Given that there are many (!) existing C/C++ free software projects that use
the GNU tools, I assumed it would not be hard to find advice for working with
such projects in Eclipse CDT. But I was wrong! Either it is hard to find good
advice, or I'm just looking in all the wrong places.

So --- all pointers appreciated! Thanks!

Eric.

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Re: GNU Autotool-Based Projects: Best Practices? [message #155177 is a reply to message #154763] Tue, 27 September 2005 14:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: eeide.cs.utah.edu

Previously I wrote:

Eric> Having looked over the online CDT docs and recent posts to this
Eric> newsgroup, I haven't found a good answer to what I think must be
Eric> a common question:
Eric>
Eric> What are the best practices for working with exitsing C/C++
Eric> projects that use the GNU autotools (autoconf, etc.)?
Eric>
Eric> Some things seem relatively straightforward, e.g., running one's
Eric> `configure' script as an external tool. Other tasks, however,
Eric> like managing multiple, separate object trees, seem not so
Eric> obvious to me. In addition, it would seem to be tedious to set
Eric> up this kind of "custom" configuration for every C/C++ project
Eric> that uses the GNU autotools.
Eric>
Eric> Given that there are many (!) existing C/C++ free software
Eric> projects that use the GNU tools, I assumed it would not be hard
Eric> to find advice for working with such projects in Eclipse CDT.
Eric> But I was wrong! Either it is hard to find good advice, or I'm
Eric> just looking in all the wrong places.
Eric>
Eric> So --- all pointers appreciated! Thanks!

I haven't seen any replies --- so just in case the original was lost, I'm
"reposting" my question.

Thanks!

Eric.

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Re: GNU Autotool-Based Projects: Best Practices? [message #155254 is a reply to message #155177] Wed, 28 September 2005 08:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Eric Eide wrote:
> Previously I wrote:
>
> Eric> Having looked over the online CDT docs and recent posts to this
> Eric> newsgroup, I haven't found a good answer to what I think must be
> Eric> a common question:
> Eric>
> Eric> What are the best practices for working with exitsing C/C++
> Eric> projects that use the GNU autotools (autoconf, etc.)?
> Eric>
> Eric> Some things seem relatively straightforward, e.g., running one's
> Eric> `configure' script as an external tool. Other tasks, however,
> Eric> like managing multiple, separate object trees, seem not so
> Eric> obvious to me. In addition, it would seem to be tedious to set
> Eric> up this kind of "custom" configuration for every C/C++ project
> Eric> that uses the GNU autotools.
> Eric>
> Eric> Given that there are many (!) existing C/C++ free software
> Eric> projects that use the GNU tools, I assumed it would not be hard
> Eric> to find advice for working with such projects in Eclipse CDT.
> Eric> But I was wrong! Either it is hard to find good advice, or I'm
> Eric> just looking in all the wrong places.
> Eric>
> Eric> So --- all pointers appreciated! Thanks!
>
> I haven't seen any replies --- so just in case the original was lost, I'm
> "reposting" my question.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric.
>

I've tried this one

http://kde-eclipse.pwsp.net/

but I couldn't make it work... if you are more lucky please let me know

Lorenzo
Re: GNU Autotool-Based Projects: Best Practices? [message #155317 is a reply to message #155254] Wed, 28 September 2005 11:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: eeide.cs.utah.edu

"Lorenzo" == Lorenzo Bettini <bettini@dsi.unifi.it> writes:

Lorenzo> I've tried this one
Lorenzo>
Lorenzo> http://kde-eclipse.pwsp.net/
Lorenzo>
Lorenzo> but I couldn't make it work... if you are more lucky please
Lorenzo> let me know

Thank you very much for the pointer! I'll try it out, and if I'm "lucky" I'll
let you know. At least it's a start!

Eric.

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Eric Eide <eeide@cs.utah.edu> . University of Utah School of Computing
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Re: GNU Autotool-Based Projects: Best Practices? [message #155558 is a reply to message #155317] Mon, 03 October 2005 08:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Eric Eide wrote:
> "Lorenzo" == Lorenzo Bettini <bettini@dsi.unifi.it> writes:
>
> Lorenzo> I've tried this one
> Lorenzo>
> Lorenzo> http://kde-eclipse.pwsp.net/
> Lorenzo>
> Lorenzo> but I couldn't make it work... if you are more lucky please
> Lorenzo> let me know
>
> Thank you very much for the pointer! I'll try it out, and if I'm "lucky" I'll
> let you know. At least it's a start!

any news :-)

Lore
Re: GNU Autotool-Based Projects: Best Practices? [message #155669 is a reply to message #155558] Tue, 04 October 2005 10:08 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
Originally posted by: eeide.cs.utah.edu

"Lorenzo" == Lorenzo Bettini <bettini@dsi.unifi.it> and
"Eric" == Eric Eide <eeide@cs.utah.edu> write:

Lorenzo> I've tried this one
Lorenzo> http://kde-eclipse.pwsp.net/
Lorenzo> but I couldn't make it work... if you are more lucky please
Lorenzo> let me know

Eric> Thank you very much for the pointer! I'll try it out, and if I'm
Eric> "lucky" I'll let you know. At least it's a start!

Lorenzo> any news :-)

No, not yet. I'll let you know...

Eric.

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