Hi there,
I was wondering if there is interest in a 'configure'-d version of the
povray-sources for unix?
If there is, I would start working on it. As this means digging into
autoconf and possibly m4, I won't do this just like that.

Warning, I'd possibly move the include-directory to $prefix/share, just
because I like that better. It's overridable, and $prefix/include is for
header files, in my mind.

I started a bit, but it's not just plain going. Success is possible, but
not promised.

Axel

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Axel Hecht wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> I was wondering if there is interest in a 'configure'-d version of the
> povray-sources for unix?
> If there is, I would start working on it. As this means digging into
> autoconf and possibly m4, I won't do this just like that.
> 
> Warning, I'd possibly move the include-directory to $prefix/share, just
> because I like that better. It's overridable, and $prefix/include is for
> header files, in my mind.
> 
> I started a bit, but it's not just plain going. Success is possible, but
> not promised.
> 
> Axel

A configure for povray would be more than nice. I installed povray
several times on different unix boxes and would have liked that. If you
are willing to do this work, I would appreciate it!

Marc

-- 
Marc Schimmler

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Axel Hecht wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> I was wondering if there is interest in a 'configure'-d version of the
> povray-sources for unix?
> If there is, I would start working on it. As this means digging into
> autoconf and possibly m4, I won't do this just like that.
> 
> Warning, I'd possibly move the include-directory to $prefix/share, just
> because I like that better. It's overridable, and $prefix/include is for
> header files, in my mind.
> 
> I started a bit, but it's not just plain going. Success is possible, but
> not promised.
> 
> Axel

Personally I didn't have any problems with the source, but I've seen
enough questions here about compiling that I'm sure an autoconf version
would be much appreciated.

Cheers, PoD.

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Axel Hecht wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> I was wondering if there is interest in a 'configure'-d version of the
> povray-sources for unix?
> If there is, I would start working on it. As this means digging into
> autoconf and possibly m4, I won't do this just like that.
> 
> Warning, I'd possibly move the include-directory to $prefix/share, just
> because I like that better. It's overridable, and $prefix/include is for
> header files, in my mind.
> 
> I started a bit, but it's not just plain going. Success is possible, but
> not promised.
> 
> Axel

You'll note that there is now a make install option.  I've been thinking
of adding a configure script, but I haven't gotten around to putting
much effort into it yet.  If you want to pursue this, be my guest.  I
don't really have the means to test this on a wide range of Unices, so
having something unofficial that could get tested openly on a number of
systems before being incorporated into an official version would
probably be a good thing.

-Mark Gordon

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