At the moment (on linux), dmd.conf has to be placed in /etc, however at my uni I of course don't have root access, so I must resort to setting DFLAGS manually.

It is common for linux programs to have an alternative config file in the home directory, that is either used in stead of, or in addition to, the global file in /etc. It would be nice if DMD could use eg. ~/.dmd/dmd.conf for configuration.

Nick

Nick wrote:

> At the moment (on linux), dmd.conf has to be placed in /etc, however at my uni I
> of course don't have root access, so I must resort to setting DFLAGS manually.

You can set those DFLAGS with Build/Make or in your profile, though...
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?D__Tutorial/InstallingDCompiler

> It is common for linux programs to have an alternative config file in the home
> directory, that is either used in stead of, or in addition to, the global file
> in /etc. It would be nice if DMD could use eg. ~/.dmd/dmd.conf for
> configuration.

Yes, that would be a nice addition.

--anders

In article <dshllj$i40$1@digitaldaemon.com>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= says...
>
>Nick wrote:
>
>> At the moment (on linux), dmd.conf has to be placed in /etc, however at my uni I of course don't have root access, so I must resort to setting DFLAGS manually.
>
>You can set those DFLAGS with Build/Make or in your profile, though... http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?D__Tutorial/InstallingDCompiler

Yep, I am aware, by 'manually' I of course meant 'in a script' ;-)

Nick

Nick wrote:

>>>At the moment (on linux), dmd.conf has to be placed in /etc, however at my
>>>uni I of course don't have root access, so I must resort to setting DFLAGS
>>>manually.
>>
>>You can set those DFLAGS with Build/Make or in your profile, though...
>>http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?D__Tutorial/InstallingDCompiler
> 
> Yep, I am aware, by 'manually' I of course meant 'in a script' ;-)

Would still be nice to get those features and the updated instructions
into DMD and the official DigitalMars documentation, though ? One Day.

Also suggested was making a "dmd.tgz" tarball with Unix linefeeds (\n)
so that the patches/etc. work, and providing DMD as an RPM as well.


Both operations are simple to script...
(Think DMD is built on Red Hat 9 or so)

And several of us have offered to help ?
In the end, it's easier to just use GDC. :-)

--anders

Nick wrote:
> In article <dshllj$i40$1@digitaldaemon.com>,
> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Anders_F_Bj=F6rklund?= says...
> 
>>Nick wrote:
>>
>>
>>>At the moment (on linux), dmd.conf has to be placed in /etc, however at my
>>>uni I of course don't have root access, so I must resort to setting DFLAGS
>>>manually.
>>
>>You can set those DFLAGS with Build/Make or in your profile, though...
>>http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?D__Tutorial/InstallingDCompiler
> 
> 
> Yep, I am aware, by 'manually' I of course meant 'in a script' ;-)
> 
> Nick
> 
> 

Did you manage to install dmd  at your uni's linux machines? I tried to install it, but of course I ran into the "root" problem.
How did you work around it? I'm a linux n00b (infact, I hate linux), can you enlighten me on how to do it? :)

"Nick" <Nick_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:dshl6e$hp0$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> At the moment (on linux), dmd.conf has to be placed in /etc, however at my
> uni I
> of course don't have root access, so I must resort to setting DFLAGS
> manually.
>
> It is common for linux programs to have an alternative config file in the
> home
> directory, that is either used in stead of, or in addition to, the global
> file
> in /etc. It would be nice if DMD could use eg. ~/.dmd/dmd.conf for
> configuration.
>
> Nick
>
>

I believe you could just put those lines in your .bashrc to export DFLAGS, and do away with the config file; I've always thought it was a little overdone anyway.