[Slackbuilds-users] Slackbuild with Two Executables

[Brandon Pribula]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 12:45 PM Brandon Pribula <b.pribs11 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the example, Jeremy :)
>
> Although I've written shell scripts before these will be my first
> slackbuilds and I'm second guessing everything (I guess want everything to
> be perfect) so this example really helped.
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 11:32 PM Jeremy Hansen <jebrhansen+SBo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2022, 10:32 PM Brandon Pribula <b.pribs11 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2022, 8:35 PM B. Watson, <urchlay at slackware.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 22 Mar 2022, Brandon Pribula wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > only options I can see are either splitting the package up into two
>>>> separate
>>>> > slackbuilds, or install both.
>>>>
>>>> > Which of those two options are preferable or is there another option?
>>>>
>>>> Other options:
>>>>
>>>> - Install both scripts in $PKG/usr/bin, call one "appname" and the other
>>>>    "appname-posix", and explain the situation in your README.
>>>>
>>>> - Use an environment variable (APPNAME_POSIX=yes|no) to let the user
>>>>    choose which of the scripts to include in the package.
>>>>
>>>> One thing that's *not* an option: Don't have one SlackBuild script
>>>> that creates two separate packages (in other words, don't ever
>>>> call makepkg twice).
>>>>
>>>> If you do decide to make separate packages for 'appname' and
>>>> 'appname-posix', it'll have to be two separate SlackBuilds.
>>>> Personally, I'd choose one of the other options (one SlackBuild, one
>>>> package, either include both scripts or use the env to select one).
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>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply, B. Watson :)
>>>
>>> For the option of using an ENV variable, can it also be used to install
>>> both scripts as long as makepkg isn't called twice?
>>>
>>> Then just use appname for the package name no matter which option is
>>> chosen. In the README I could specify which executable to call depending on
>>> the options chosen.
>>>
>>
>> If you'd like to see an example of enabling different options, you could
>> look at my mediainfo script. It defaults to build only the CLI, but you can
>> enable the GUI with the CLI or do only the GUI.
>>
>> It'd be a little different since you're only dealing with scripts instead
>> of compiling programs.
>>
>> https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/multimedia/mediainfo/
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
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Sorry for top posting.
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