Build environment of The Meta-Environment

You can get access to boot-roll and roll as follows:

Make a file .bootrollrc in your home directory and edit the build_dir, install_dir and vcs_user variables according to your settings. The following is an example .bootrollrc file:

boot_roll:
  build_dir: /ufs/<yourlogin>/glt/build
  install_dir: /ufs/<yourlogin>/glt/installed
  vcs_user: <yourlogin>
  roots: [asfsdf-meta]
sisyphus:
  url: sisyphus-configuration
  host: sjofar.sen.cwi.nl
  port: 3960
  protocol: svn
  user: daybuild
  password: daybuild
templates:
 reconf: ./reconf
 configure: CFLAGS="-g -O2 -m32 -Wall -Werror" ./configure --prefix=/ufs/<yourlogin>/glt/installed <%deps.each do |d|%>--with-<%= d.name%>=/ufs/<yourlogin>/glt/installed <%end%> --enable-maintainer-mode
 make: echo 'use make install'
 install: CFLAGS="-g -O2 -m32 -Wall -Werror" make install
 check: CFLAGS="-g -O2 -m32 -Wall -Werror" make check
 distcheck: CFLAGS="-g -O2 -m32 -Wall -Werror" DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="<%deps.each do |d|%>--with-<%= d.name%>=/ufs/<yourlogin>/glt/installed <%end%>" make distcheck
 clean: make uninstall clean 
 update: make uninstall ; svn update
 maintainer-clean: make uninstall maintainer-clean

If your workstation is outside the CWI domain, it is necessary to use a tunnel specification. Replace the sisyphus tag with the following to tunnel from ssh.cwi.nl to sjofar.sen.cwi.nl:

sisyphus:
  url: sisyphus-configuration
  host: sjofar.sen.cwi.nl
  port: 3960
  protocol: svn
  user: daybuild
  password: daybuild
  tunnel:
    host: ssh.cwi.nl
    user: <yourlogin>

Run the command:

boot-roll

This generates a file '.rollrc' which contains, amongst others, the dependencies between the packages. The .rollrc file will be used by subsequent calls to the roll command.

export PATH=/ufs/<yourlogin>/glt/installed/bin:${PATH}

Adapt to the syntax of your favorite shell.

As explained earlier, each package can be built by way of the standard operation sequence: reconf, configure, install. For first time installations, it is mandatory to apply these operations to each package first before moving on to the next package. This is achieved by executing:

roll -s reconf configure install

The option '-s' means apply to each package the sequence of operations that follow it. roll -h and roll -l give helpful hints on the usage of roll.

The command roll is no substitute for understanding the build interface of the Meta-Environment. It just automates a number of repetitive tasks, and manages the order in which they are executed. You are expected to fully understand the contents of your .bootrollrc file and your .rollrc file.