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From: zmoelnig@iem.at
Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2016 13:07:18 +0200
Subject: Re: [PD] [PD-announce] Deken package with missing dlls for old-extended externals (w32).
hi,
On 07/03/2016 08:48 AM, Lucas Cordiviola wrote:
> Type “missing” in deken`s search bar.
> Then put all dlls in the pd/bin directory.
while i appreciate the initiative to provide missing system libraries, i
think this is the wrong way to do it.
#1 a deken package should be self-contained.
if a given deken package lacks a library (e.g. libpthreadGCC3.dll) then
it should provide that library itself.
(alternatively, deken could be (theoretically; practically i see a
number of hurdles) enhanced to explicitely state such dependencies (so
installing "foo" would also install "pthreadGCC3")
#2 a deken package must be installable by deken. the requierement to
"then put all the dlls into pd/bin" contradicts this.
until deken can be told to install into pd/bin, i think that though
shall not abuse the deken package system for such things.
i'd therefore rather have the 'missingDLLs' package removed from
puredata.info.
we *should* come up with a proper solution for the problem though.
fmasdr
IOhannes
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