vmod-bootstrap

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You should try and merge with the existing template out there
https://github.com/varnish/libvmod-example



On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Cosimo Streppone <cosimo at streppone.it>wrote:

> During today's VUG5 dev meeting, we discussed
> vmod development, and looks like most people
> are interested in it.
>
> Now, I may be a bit slow to understand how to build
> a vmod, but my personal view is I don't like copying and
> pasting stuff around to start something new.
>
> For this reason, during this morning dev meeting,
> I hacked together, with a bit of spit and duct tape,
> sorry for that, vmod-bootstrap.
>
>  https://github.com/cosimo/**vmod-bootstrap/<https://github.com/cosimo/vmod-bootstrap/>
>
> vmod-bootstrap is a script that will generate
> a new vmod skeleton for you.
>
> It needs a "vmod.conf" file:
>
> {
>    "name" : "frobnicator",
>    "author" : "James J. Hacker",
>    "version" : "0.01",
>    "src" : "src/vmod_frobnicator.vcc",
>    "required_libs" : [
>        {
>            "name" : "mhash",
>            "function" : "mhash_count",
>        },
>    ],
>    "copyright" : "Copyright (c) 2012 James J. Hacker",
>    "repository" : "git://github.com/**jamesjhacker/vmod-frobnicator<http://github.com/jamesjhacker/vmod-frobnicator>
> "**,
>    ...
>    yadda yadda
>    ...
> }
>
> Run vmod-bootstrap and it will:
>
> - check pre-requisite packages (automake, libtool and friends)
> - build autoconf and automake files
> - inflate "m4" and "src" dirs
>
> so you can hopefully run ./autogen.sh && ./configure.
>
> Pointless? Yeah, probably. It helps me in 3 ways:
>
> - understanding which of these files are actually necessary
> - saves me time doing search/replace
> - keeps all files consistent
>
> Additional intelligence can be hardwired directly into the bootstrap tool,
> which makes it really interesting going forward, where now is quite
> stupid.
>
> Bonus idea: take all the vmod.conf you can find, and
> build a tool that automatically clones the sources, builds
> and installs/packages the vmod, cpanm-like.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> --
> Cosimo
>
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