building planeshift on ubuntu 8.04 beta

[vennatorr]

hi,

i'm using the ubuntu 8.04 beta and i've been trying to build it using induane's build guide for 7.10, to see what the differences are.

there was a problem with crystal space. when i ran the config script it generated the -Wno-long-double option in the Jamconfig. 8.04 doesn't recognize this and it causes the build to crash. it can be edited from Jamconfig, but this isn't a very tidy solution. i mentioned this on the crystalspace mailing list and they told me that it had been fixed in the lastest svn code and was due to be applied to the 1.2 branch (that planeshift uses). this has now been done. i updated crystalspace and cel to the latest 1.2 branch code and ran the configure scripts, there is now no mention of -Wno-long-double. so they should compile happily. i'm now going to rebuild everything and see how the resulting planeshift build works.

i understand that this newer code may cause incompatibility issues with the planeshift server, is there some way i can look out for these? i'm guessing i could run planeshift from the command line and look through the output for error message, but is there a better way?

thanks.

[Caarrie]

i understand that this newer code may cause incompatibility issues with the planeshift server, is there some way i can look out for these? i'm guessing i could run planeshift from the command line and look through the output for error message, but is there a better way?

As long as you are using the correct branch of planeshift [stable for laanx] then there should be almost no issues to look out for.

[vennatorr]

yes, i'm still using the 1.2 branch, i'm just using the latest code in that branch instead of the revision suggested for the gutsy howto.

good to hear that it shouldn't cause any major problems. thanks for your help.

[ThomPhoenix]

Caarrie's not talking about CS branches here, but PS branches. PS has a Trunk branch and a Stable branch. Regardless of your CS revision, make sure you use PS's Stable branch.

[vennatorr]

ah, gotcha. yes, i'm using the stable branch of planeshift.