[Scons-dev] prefix, bindir, datadir, libdir, etc.

[Russel Winder]

On Fri, 2014-05-09 at 19:35 +0200, Pawel Tomulik wrote:
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> Some time ago I've started working on a library which includes this 

> functionality: https://github.com/ptomulik/scons-gnu-build

> 

> It's still far from being finished, many things may be subject to change 

> (especially the README.md), but you may grab some concepts or code, if 

> you find it matching your needs. I've also shared current docs for your 

> convenience:

> 

> http://tomulik.pl/doc/api/index.html

> http://tomulik.pl/doc/user/manual.html


Splendid, I shall take a look at this and what I have been working with
and see what the commonalities and differences are. First reaction is
that yours is a structured framework, and mine is a quick hack.

We should though commit to turning this into a production system for
SCons. I am not sure it belongs in the core, but there needs to be an
easy way of introducing it to projects and people. I am guessing that
checking out a repository into ${project_directory}/.site_scons or
$HOME/.site_scons and relying on those directies being added to the
sys.path is that easy way. Which leads to us needing an index of such
things just as we have an index of tools.

So in a sense everything is already in place :-)

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