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verify.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+MY_CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/boost -I/sw/include"
+MY_LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -L/sw/lib"
+
+# Setup the temporary directory where all these copies are ledger are
+# going to be built.  Remove it if it's already there.
+
 if [ -d $HOME/tmp ]; then
     TMPDIR=$HOME/tmp
 else
@@ -10,31 +16,74 @@ if [ -d $TMPDIR/ledger ]; then
     sudo rm -fr $TMPDIR/ledger || exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ -d $HOME/src/ledger/.git ]; then
+cd $TMPDIR || exit 1
+mkdir ledger || exit 1
+cd ledger || exit 1
+
+# Determine if we can use git to pull down Ledger, since it's very
+# fast and efficient (and the trunk of ledger-git is more bleeding
+# edge).  Otherwise, fall back on the public sebversion repository.
+
+USING_GIT=true
+
+cmd=$(which git 2>&1)
+if [ ! -x "$cmd" ]; then
+    USING_GIT=false
+    SVN_REPO=https://ledger.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/ledger
+elif [ -d $HOME/src/ledger/.git ]; then
     LEDGER_GIT=$HOME/src/ledger
 else
     LEDGER_GIT=http://newartisans.com/ledger.git
 fi
 
-cd $TMPDIR || exit 1
-mkdir ledger || exit 1
-cd ledger || exit 1
-git clone $LEDGER_GIT local_git || exit 1
+# Create a reference copy of the sources in a pristine working tree
+# that will not be modified.  Copies are made from this copy to avoid
+# having to go to the network each time.  The function
+# `dup_working_tree' creates a copy for us, either cheaply using git,
+# or via an ordinary copy if we're using subversion.
 
-function build_distcheck() {
-    git clone -l local_git distcheck || exit 1
-    cd distcheck || exit 1
-    ./acprep --local || exit 1
-    make CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/boost -I/sw/include" \
-         LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -L/sw/lib" distcheck || exit 1
+if [ "$USING_GIT" = "true" ]; then
+    git clone $LEDGER_GIT local_git || exit 1
+else
+    svn checkout $SVN_REPO local_svn
+fi
+
+function dup_working_tree() {
+    if [ "$USING_GIT" = "true" ]; then
+	git clone -l local_git "$1" || exit 1
+    else
+	cp -Rp local_svn "$1" || exit 1
+    fi
 }
 
+# These functions understand how to do a distcheck build for ledger
+# either completely from scratch, or using the configure script that
+# is maintained in the repository.
+
+function build_distcheck_from_scratch() {
+    dup_working_tree distcheck_scratch || exit 1
+    cd distcheck_scratch || exit 1
+    ./acprep --local || exit 1
+    make CPPFLAGS="$MY_CPPFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$MY_LDFLAGS" distcheck || exit 1
+}
+
+function build_distcheck_from_distrib() {
+    dup_working_tree distcheck_distrib || exit 1
+    cd distcheck_distrib || exit 1
+    ./configure CPPFLAGS="$MY_CPPFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$MY_LDFLAGS" || exit 1
+    make distcheck || exit 1
+}
+
+# Finally, we have the ordinary `build_ledger' function, which builds
+# ledger from scratch using whichever acprep arguments have been
+# passed in.
+
 function build_ledger() {
     name=$1
     shift 1
 
     cd $TMPDIR/ledger || exit 1
-    git clone -l local_git $name || exit 1
+    dup_working_tree $name || exit 1
     cd $name || exit 1
 
     ./acprep --local "$@" || exit 1
@@ -44,7 +93,12 @@ function build_ledger() {
     make fullcheck || exit 1
 }
 
-build_distcheck || exit 1
+# With all of that defined, now build ledger in all its various
+# flavors, do a "fullcheck" for each one (which uses valgrind on
+# Linux, and gmalloc on OS/X).  Note that this will take a long while!
+
+build_distcheck_from_scratch || exit 1
+build_distcheck_from_distrib || exit 1
 
 build_ledger normal || exit 1
 build_ledger devel --devel || exit 1