I'm attempting to create an .oe file for Octave. It compiles fine, but when I get to the do_install bit it falls over.
Octave uses Makefiles which call a custom make script. Now is the done thing to patch this custom script, or the Makefiles, or to put in a custom do_install which just copies the relevant files to the correct locations? Or any of the above?
I would ask this on #oe, but I'm loath to have my head bitten off again (and to be told that I should trawl the x million example files; which is fair enough, I suppose, except that as I don't really know what I'm looking for it's going to be far more efficient to just ask).
I'm also working on R, which produces an error during the configure process which looks a bit like LD_LIBRARY_PATH is being changed.
My presumption, in this case, is that I should patch the configure script, or configure.in, or something, God only knows, but I'm sure I'll manage to work it out given a bit of time ;-)
Any tips would be most welcome (or even pointing me to a package which someone knows required similar tricks - I am happy to look through this stuff myself rather than have it spelt out, it's just where to start)
Si
