Re: svn commit: r9168 - trunk/build/ac-macros

--On Monday, March 29, 2004 10:06 PM +0200 Erik Huelsmann
<e.huelsmann@gmx.net> wrote:

> Forgive my ignorance, but how is this confusion different if apr is
> compiling to /usr/lib from compiling to /usr/local/apr/lib?

It isn't. But, libtool has some explicit checks to help reduce the risk in
the /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib case - mainly by not adding those explicit
link paths - which skirts the issue somewhat for some people.

> I noticed this, since *we* may be distributing apr in our tarball, but I
> found some source rpms which did not include the neon or apr{,-util}
> libraries. Presumably because those are distributed in other srpms.
> Although we can't take just any packager into account, it is not just any
> user which is confronted with this "problem".

It's the packager's responsibility not ours. Using an installed APR should
be done only with explicit knowledge - the implicit install detection
option is really a loaded gun. As such, it's our last resort - with our
normal packaging not allowing it at all.

When we had that enabled, you should have seen all the bug reports and
failures we had. I'd recommend looking in the list archives... -- justin

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Received on Mon Mar 29 22:28:40 2004