[CppAD] Problem with https://projects.coin-or.org/svn/CppAD/stable/1.0/CppAD

[Brad Bell]

User Builds
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Michael is correct in that CppAD does not yet support user builds off 
the svn data base. I am currently trying to work out with the Coin-Or 
folks how this could be done.

The problem is that there are certain files in the distribution that are 
not source code. For example, the config.h and configure files are not 
source code. As a much larger example, the entire help systems is not 
source code. It is built from the source code using OMhelp. The tarball 
distributions of CppAD include their own help, which is fixed, while the 
bleeding edge help is located at
    http://www.coin-or.org/CppAD/Doc/cppad.htm
and keeps changing.

The current intention for user stable versions is to get a tarball and 
keep using it until there is a new feature that is wanted, is see in
    http://www.coin-or.org/CppAD/Doc/whatsnew06.htm ,
and that was added between the date of the user's version and the 
feature date in the whatsnew file. Then, upgrade to the current tarball.


Developer Builds
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You can do a "developer build" from the svn data base (provided that you 
have all the necessary tools, such as autoconf, automake, ...). If you 
are brave, you can try running the script
    https://projects.coin-or.org/svn/CppAD/stable/1.0/Build
(It is called Build.sh in newer versions of the trunk). First try it 
with no arguments to get its help message. Then try it one step at a 
time. (Save the all options for when you are really brave and have some 
experience.) If you do this, you will find that you need to install 
OMhelp; see
    http://www.seanet.com/~bradbell/omhelp/installunix.htm

Version 1.0
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Version 1.0 is before the dual licensing change. Dual licensing required 
changing just about every file in the data base and automatically 
editing the files while building the tarballs. Hence I decided it would 
be good to mark a stable version before that change.



Michael Tautschnig wrote:

>>Hi:
>>
>>I am trying to incorporate CppAD into my Coin project. In my Externals
>>file I have
>>
>>CppAD  https://projects.coin-or.org/svn/CppAD/stable/1.0/CppAD
>>
>>However, when browsing the CppAD directory I see that there is no
>>config.h file which is called by CppADError.h. Hence the project does
>>not build. However, the config.h file is in the tarball.  Should
>>config.h also be in the Stable 1.0 CppAD?
>>
>>
>When checking out from the SVN you need to build this (an other files as well)
>first. You can do so by, e.g., using
>
>autoreconf -i
>
>HTH,
>Michael
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