Revision: 0.1
Last Revised: Wednesday Jul 28, 2010
Packaging Tips
File Locations
Libraries
D packages must install assemblies to %{_d_libdir} rather than /usr/lib or %{_datadir}.
Header
D package must install header file like .d or .di to %{_d_includedir}/%{name}
Libraries
At this time in D programming only OS X support shared lirbraries. So wait this feature or help ldc project. Feel free.
For build static librarie in D you need use ar and ranlib tools. ldc compiler support GNU strip.
short example from makefile:
DC=ldc
HD=-Hd $(IMPORT_DEST)
DFLAGS_REQ=-c -I ../DerelictUtil
AL_SRC= \
derelict/openal/al.d \
derelict/openal/alfuncs.d \
derelict/openal/altypes.d
PACKAGE_PATH=derelict/openal
all : DerelictAL
$(LIB_PRE)DerelictAL.$(LIB_EXT) :
$(DC) $(DFLAGS) $(DFLAGS_REQ) $(AL_SRC) $(HD)/$(PACKAGE_PATH)
$(AR) rcs $@ $^
$(RANLIB) $@
$(CP) $@ $(LIB_DEST)
$(RM) $@
Macros
All D package need ldc for build and macro file is in ldc package, every package must have ldc in BuildRequire
Compiler options
%{_d_optflags} need be used for ldc options
%{_d_optflags} define options -release -w -g -O2
-release disables asserts, invariants, contracts and boundscheck
-w enable warnings
-g generate debug information
-O2 for make a good optimisation
Include directories
%{_d_includedir} need be used for devel file
%{_d_includedir} define /usr/include/d/ directory
Lib directories
%{_d_libdir} lib directory path used for static library (and later i hope shared library) %{_d_libdir} define /usr/lib64/d or /usr/lib/d directory
SPEC
Tips
If only static library
Define global macro
If you package do not contain a shared library but only static library you shoul write at top of spec file:
%global debug_package %{nil}
Because GNU strip can't extract debug symbols from static lib achieves.
Provides static libraries
When a package only provides static libraries you can place all the static library files in the *-devel subpackage. When doing this you also must have a virtual Provide for the *-static package. Then the root package could be empty, in the template for example they are no %file foo and foo-devel package contain static librarie.
Template
here an template for D package with static libraries
%global debug_package %{nil}
Name: foo
Version:
Release: 1%{?dist}
Summary: Development/Libraries
Group:
License:
URL:
Source0:
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
BuildRequires: ldc
Requires: tango
%description
%package devel
Provides: %{name}-static = %{version}-%{release}
Summary: Support for developing D application
Group: Development/Libraries
%prep
%setup -q
%build
%configure
make %{?_smp_mflags}
%install
rm -rf %{buildroot}
make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
%clean
rm -rf %{buildroot}
%files devel
%defattr(-,root,root,-)
%doc README.txt LICENSE.txt
%{_d_includedir}/%{name}
%{_libdir}/%{name}/<static-libraries.a>
%changelog