getting bored

#!/bin/sh
#
# usage: vimbuild [tag]
#
# fetch indicated release tag of vim, compile, and test it.
# Requires the Concurrent Versions System (cvs) or  Subversion (svn) client,
# and a suitable make tool.
#
# environment:
#
# $TMPDIR will be used as a staging area if defined, else /tmp is used.
#
# exit status: non zero on failure, zero on success.
#

PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH"

WORKDIR=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
VTAG=${1:-vim}
CONFIGURE_ARGS="--enable-perlinterp --enable-pythoninterp --enable-tclinterp --enable-rubyinterp --enable-cscope --enable-fontset --enable-gui=gtk2 --disable-gtktest"

mkdir -p $WORKDIR || exit 1 
cd $WORKDIR

# fetch latest vim
if [ -x "`which cvs`" ]; then
    echo using cvs
    cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@vim.cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/vim checkout $VTAG
elif [ -x "`which svn`" ]; then
    echo using svn
    svn checkout https://vim.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vim/branches/${VTAG}
else
    echo 'error, could not find a cvs or svn binary in $PATH!'
    exit 1
fi

cd $VTAG
 ./configure $CONFIGURE_ARGS

#
# set the make command
#
uname | grep -i linux > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    NCPU=$(expr `cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l` \* 4)
    MAKE="make -j${NCPU}"
else
    # assume GNU make is gmake, like on *BSD
    if [ ! -x "`which gmake`" ]; then
        echo "Warning, GNU make not found!"
        echo "This will probably make a GTK gui build fail..."
        MAKE=make
    else
        uname | grep -i bsd > /dev/null
        if [ $? ]; then
            # check number of cpu via BSD sysctl
            NCPU=$(expr `sysctl hw.ncpu | awk '{ print $2 }'` \* 4)
            MAKE="gmake -j${NCPU}"
        else
            MAKE=gmake
        fi
    fi
fi

# now build and test it
$MAKE
if [ -x ./src/vim ]; then
    ./src/vim --version > /dev/null
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "I think the Vi IMproved build was a success"
    else
        echo "I think the Vi IMproved build was a failure"
        echo "Do you wish to test it manually?"
        read REP
        echo $REP | grep -i y && exec ./src/vim
            # NO RETURN on yes
    fi
fi

cat << EOF
    run: `echo $MAKE | awk '{ print $1 }'` install
    as root to finish installing vim
EOF

exit 0

I wonder, if I'll ever bother to use it lol


Hey, it actually worked lol.

Uploaded it to my server, tweaked the configure args and bingo -- freshly updated via

$ vimbuild vim7
...
$ su - root
# cd /tmp/vim7 && make install



Just for the heck of it, I've made the script adapt $CONFIGURE_ARGS based on what it finds installed, hehe.