Better installation script request

• Dec 6, 2011 - 07:54

Hello,

I'm new to musescore and since my distro doesn't provide a package for it, I have to compile it. This is not a problem, I am a developer myself. However, I think two thinks could be improved :
- there should be a configure script "à la" autotools, which checks that every dependencies are installed. The compiling went up to 93% (after around 10 minutes and my CPU at 95°C) and just crashed because of a missing header file. This could be avoided by checking the existence of the file in the first place.
- When any compilation error occurs, the user has to do "make clean" and to start again from scratch. I didn't look either at the code or the makefile, but I think this feature is not wanted for a user. If the compilation stops for any reason, it should be resumed from the last error.

johan

Edit : I'm using Mandriva 2011 x86_64 with gcc 4.6.1 and Qt 4.7.4.


Comments

1. I've been bitten by the missing files bug during compilation, but...

2. I certainly don't have to do a 'make clean' under Windows unless I want to. I just restart the compilation and it skips the completed parts. Doesn't this ability exist for a Linux build?

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