It annoyed me that there was a random and unmaintainable order of packages in xemacs-packages/Makefile, with who knows what subtle dependencies. With the various patches I've made to the packages build process, there should be no more dependencies. So I redid things alphabetically except that I looked through the dependencies and ordered the basic stuff first for compilation speed. I'm going to commit this after I've verified that a clean build works (which will take a while, since my previous clean build still has some hours left). ChangeLog addition: 2004-12-06 Ben Wing <ben(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs-packages/Makefile: Rationalize the order of package compilation. packages source patch: Diff command: bash -ci "cvs-diff --show-c-function -no-changelog " Files affected: xemacs-packages/Makefile Index: xemacs-packages/Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/packages/xemacs-packages/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -p -r1.35 Makefile --- xemacs-packages/Makefile 2004/03/15 16:36:46 1.35 +++ xemacs-packages/Makefile 2004/12/07 04:15:59 ＠＠ -1,6 +1,7 ＠＠ # This file is part of XEmacs. # Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Steve Youngs +# Copyright (C) 2004 Ben Wing. # XEmacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the ＠＠ -17,31 +18,44 ＠＠ # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, # Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. -# [[ Because of autoload issues, this strange subdirectory order needs to -# be maintained. When adding new packages just put them at the end -# of the list. ]] -# -# This is no longer true. We build all autoloads first, before any -# compilation, so they're available to all packages. --ben - # So we can get at $NONMULE_PACKAGES include ../Local.rules.inc +# At one point, we needed the list of packages to be in a very particular +# order because of autoload issues. This is no longer true -- we build all +# autoloads first, before any compilation, so they're available to all +# packages, and we arrange things so that out-of-date .elc files are +# ignored. However, it's useful to order the more basic stuff first, +# to speed up compilation. We use four groups: +# +# (a) The most basic stuff, listed in dependency order. +# (b) Basic libraries used by lots of other code, with few or no dependencies +# other than in (a); listed alphabetically. +# (c) Some other things with more dependencies but used by lots of packages; +# listed alphabetically. +# (d) Everything else, listed alphabetically. + ifeq ('$(NONMULE_PACKAGES)','xemacs-packages') -PACKAGES:= xemacs-base fsf-compat mail-lib dired efs apel \ - Sun edebug elib tooltalk xemacs-devel sounds-au sounds-wav \ - eieio build auctex crisp edt reftex texinfo textools tpu viper \ - vm w3 net-utils eudc footnote gnats mh-e supercite mailcrypt \ - rmail gnus tm mew zenirc bbdb cookie games general-docs mine \ - misc-games semantic cc-mode pcl-cvs ada c-support debug ediff \ - emerge idlwave jde prog-modes scheme sh-script vc-cc vc vhdl \ - xslt-process eterm igrep ilisp os-utils ps-print view-process \ - eshell pcomplete edit-utils speedbar calc calendar forms frame-icon \ - hm--html-menus ispell pc psgml psgml-dtds sgml slider text-modes time \ - strokes tramp clearcase dictionary sieve ibuffer mmm-mode xslide \ - liece haskell-mode ess docbookide ecrypto ocaml sasl sml-mode \ - python-modes fortran-modes ruby-modes perl-modes pgg ecb x-symbol \ - hyperbole oo-browser riece erc xlib xwem escreen +PACKAGES:= xemacs-base fsf-compat mail-lib \ + \ + apel cc-mode debug dired ecrypto edit-utils elib eterm ispell \ + os-utils sh-script texinfo text-modes xlib \ + \ + edebug eieio efs net-utils xemacs-devel \ + \ + Sun ada bbdb build c-support calc calendar clearcase \ + cookie crisp dictionary docbookide ecb ediff edt emerge \ + erc escreen eshell ess eudc footnote forms fortran-modes \ + frame-icon games general-docs gnats gnus haskell-mode \ + hm--html-menus hyperbole ibuffer idlwave igrep ilisp \ + jde liece mailcrypt mew mh-e mine misc-games mmm-mode \ + ocaml oo-browser pc pcl-cvs pcomplete perl-modes pgg \ + prog-modes ps-print psgml psgml-dtds python-modes reftex \ + riece rmail ruby-modes sasl scheme semantic sgml sieve \ + slider sml-mode sounds-au sounds-wav speedbar strokes \ + supercite text-modes textools time tm tooltalk tpu tramp \ + vc vc-cc vhdl view-process viper vm w3 x-symbol xlib \ + xslide xslt-process xwem zenirc else PACKAGES := $(NONMULE_PACKAGES) endif