* [OT] Build procedures
@ 2004-09-09 15:06 Martin Dowie
2004-09-09 18:18 ` Ludovic Brenta
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From: Martin Dowie @ 2004-09-09 15:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
I seem to remember that within the last few months there was a posting here
which mentioned a quote about how any project should be able to be built
with a single command from a command line. Unfortunately Google search
hasn't shed any light on this message. Does anyone know the quote? Who
said/wrote it? Title of publication? The actual quote?!
TIA
-- Martin
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* Re: [OT] Build procedures
2004-09-09 15:06 [OT] Build procedures Martin Dowie
@ 2004-09-09 18:18 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-09-09 19:52 ` Martin Dowie
2004-09-09 19:40 ` CBFalconer
2004-09-10 9:19 ` Martin Dowie
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Brenta @ 2004-09-09 18:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
"Martin Dowie" writes:
> I seem to remember that within the last few months there was a
> posting here which mentioned a quote about how any project should be
> able to be built with a single command from a command
> line. Unfortunately Google search hasn't shed any light on this
> message. Does anyone know the quote? Who said/wrote it? Title of
> publication? The actual quote?!
>
> TIA
>
> -- Martin
The thread was "GNAT and GNU build system". I've found one entry in
that thread. I don't think it has the exact quote you're looking for,
but you may be able to get to it.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22GNAT+and+GNU+build+system%22&hl=fr&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=xxmQc.1161%24256.723%40reader1.news.jippii.net&rnum=1
HTH
--
Ludovic Brenta.
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* Re: [OT] Build procedures
2004-09-09 15:06 [OT] Build procedures Martin Dowie
2004-09-09 18:18 ` Ludovic Brenta
@ 2004-09-09 19:40 ` CBFalconer
2004-09-10 5:43 ` Martin Dowie
2004-09-10 9:19 ` Martin Dowie
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: CBFalconer @ 2004-09-09 19:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
Martin Dowie wrote:
>
> I seem to remember that within the last few months there was a
> posting here which mentioned a quote about how any project should
> be able to be built with a single command from a command line.
> Unfortunately Google search hasn't shed any light on this message.
> Does anyone know the quote? Who said/wrote it? Title of
> publication? The actual quote?
On most systems the command is "make". Depending on the makefile,
it might require an argument or two.
--
"Churchill and Bush can both be considered wartime leaders, just
as Secretariat and Mr Ed were both horses." - James Rhodes.
"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad
morals. We now know that it is bad economics" - FDR
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* Re: [OT] Build procedures
2004-09-09 18:18 ` Ludovic Brenta
@ 2004-09-09 19:52 ` Martin Dowie
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From: Martin Dowie @ 2004-09-09 19:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
Ludovic Brenta wrote:
> The thread was "GNAT and GNU build system". I've found one entry in
> that thread. I don't think it has the exact quote you're looking for,
> but you may be able to get to it.
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22GNAT+and+GNU+build+system%22&hl=fr&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=xxmQc.1161%24256.723%40reader1.news.jippii.net&rnum=1
Thanks but I don't think that's it. I'm sure it was a quote taken from a
book (possibly a 'good coding/development style' from someone at Microsoft -
no comments please! ;-)
-- Martin
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* Re: [OT] Build procedures
2004-09-09 19:40 ` CBFalconer
@ 2004-09-10 5:43 ` Martin Dowie
2004-09-11 1:21 ` Stephen Leake
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From: Martin Dowie @ 2004-09-10 5:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
"CBFalconer" <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:41408BCE.5B2DF9F7@yahoo.com...
> Martin Dowie wrote:
>>
>> I seem to remember that within the last few months there was a
>> posting here which mentioned a quote about how any project should
>> be able to be built with a single command from a command line.
>> Unfortunately Google search hasn't shed any light on this message.
>> Does anyone know the quote? Who said/wrote it? Title of
>> publication? The actual quote?
>
> On most systems the command is "make". Depending on the makefile,
> it might require an argument or two.
'make' doesn't pull out a particular version of code from a config-control
program, or automatically run regression tests, or put the resulting output
back under config-control and label it, or create an installation program
etc...
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* Re: [OT] Build procedures
2004-09-09 15:06 [OT] Build procedures Martin Dowie
2004-09-09 18:18 ` Ludovic Brenta
2004-09-09 19:40 ` CBFalconer
@ 2004-09-10 9:19 ` Martin Dowie
2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Martin Dowie @ 2004-09-10 9:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
Martin Dowie wrote:
> I seem to remember that within the last few months there was a
> posting here which mentioned a quote about how any project should be
> able to be built with a single command from a command line.
> Unfortunately Google search hasn't shed any light on this message.
> Does anyone know the quote? Who said/wrote it? Title of publication?
> The actual quote?!
Big thanks to Karel, who sent me this link...
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html
Which is exactly what I was looking for.
-- Martin
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* Re: [OT] Build procedures
2004-09-10 5:43 ` Martin Dowie
@ 2004-09-11 1:21 ` Stephen Leake
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From: Stephen Leake @ 2004-09-11 1:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: comp.lang.ada
"Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com> writes:
> "CBFalconer" <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:41408BCE.5B2DF9F7@yahoo.com...
> > Martin Dowie wrote:
> >>
> >> I seem to remember that within the last few months there was a
> >> posting here which mentioned a quote about how any project should
> >> be able to be built with a single command from a command line.
> >> Unfortunately Google search hasn't shed any light on this message.
> >> Does anyone know the quote? Who said/wrote it? Title of
> >> publication? The actual quote?
> >
> > On most systems the command is "make". Depending on the makefile,
> > it might require an argument or two.
>
> 'make' doesn't pull out a particular version of code from a config-control
> program, or automatically run regression tests, or put the resulting output
> back under config-control and label it, or create an installation program
> etc...
Make can do all of that if you tell it to. As can Ant, or any other
full-fledged build system.
gnatmake can't, since it can't run arbitrary shell commands.
--
-- Stephe
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