[Ns-developers] [nsc/ns3] status and plans

[Mathieu Lacage]

On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 19:05 +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:

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> This means that the first step is to allow the build system to
> skip compiling the nsc glue code in case of a specific flag.

Yes.

> 
> > Ideally, the ns-3 build system would also be able to
> > invoke the nsc build system (scons), and, then, install nsc correctly to
> > make ns-3 find it.
> 
> Yes, but i really don't understand why those 'magic ln commands'
> are so scary. Are they scary because the user is asked to that manually,

Because he is asked to do that manually.

> or are you fundamentally opposed to using symbolic links in the first
> place?

No, but I think that it would be really nicer if you could make the ns-3
waf build system know about the files generated by nsc and make it
install them just like it installs the other files in build/xxx/ 

It might be easier to wait until nsc gets migrated to waf though (if it
ever happens).

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> Hrm, 2.6.26 should be released soon, and Sam has pushed a new version of
> the globaliser (which inverts the meaning of the global list; now its
> essentially a 'do not globalise these symbols' list.)
> So, i'd like to get 2.6.26 ready to work with the new globaliser first
> before looking at the installer stuff (and i'd like to get it work
> before monday...)

sounds great.

Mathieu