wxWidgets 2.7.0 - tarball vs directory name discrepancy

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- Sergei Steshenko <sergstesh at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> wxWidgets 2.6.3 was well-behaved regarding tarball vs directory name:
> 
> tarball - wxGTK-2.6.3.tar.gz;
> directory - wxGTK-2.6.3.tar .
> 
> wxWidgets 2.7.0 is not well-behaved:
> 
> tarball - wxGTK-2.7.0.tar.gz;
> directory - wxWidgets-2.7.0
> 
> , i.e. tarball basename is not the same as directory name.
> 
> This a problem for my tool - I have to write a pre_configure_sub,
> otherwise the tool won't know where to 'cd' - by default it does
> 
> cd <build_dir>/<tarball_basename>
> .
> 
> Not a big deal, and libpeg is yet another violator, but why the
> nuisance, especially, that the names used to be right/consistent ?
> 
> Thanks,
>   Sergei.
> 
> 
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Instead of

directory - wxGTK-2.6.3.tar

one should read

directory - wxGTK-2.6.3
.

--Sergei.


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