[news.eclipse.tools.gef] Re: How to fetch GEF and build using command li

[Matt Ryan <mryan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We (Novell) already distribute Eclipse itself in RPM packages on SUSE 
Linux.  We want to provide additional RPM packages for Eclipse plugins 
in our distribution as well.  I've already done some work on this for 
CDT and EMF, and hope to add GEF to the mix.

In order to create the RPM I need to start with a full pristine source 
distribution.  If there is a place where I can download a full pristine 
source distribution, that's even better.
However, what I have found with Eclipse thusfar is a web page with links 
to download builds (read: binary distributions), and CVS access to get 
the source.  Furthermore, in the Eclipse RPMs I've done in the past, in 
order to get the source you actually just check out a certain module or 
set of modules and then run a script which fetches the rest.  But 
neither the module names, nor the scripts to run, nor the actions those 
scripts perform, have been consistent from one plugin to the next - at 
least, not yet, anyway.  I'm not saying that none of them are 
consistent, but I am saying that I haven't seen the consistency yet.

So, if there is a place to download a full pristine source distribution, 
that would be great.  I don't see it from the downloads page though, so 
maybe someone could point it out.
Otherwise, I need to be able to fetch it from CVS, in which case, I'd 
need a pointer as to which module(s) I need to check out, and the best 
way to get started doing a local build.

Thanks for your help


Steven Shaw wrote:
> Why can't you use the builds on the download page in your target?  What do
> you mean by "RPM" ?
>
> -Steve
>
> "Matt Ryan" <mryan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:d36699a9b8c8eb8a6a620d3089c591d8$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am working on creating an RPM for GEF for SUSE Linux.  I'm having
> > trouble figuring out a) which module(s) need to be checked out prior to
> > starting a build, and b) which script(s) I invoke in order to build the
> > checked out source code.  I need to be able to do this from the command
> > line, not from within Eclipse.
> >
> > Can someone point me to a resource, or help me out with this?  Thanks