Re: rc9 Build failure on Hardy: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libneon.la'

On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 03:39:37PM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote:
>
> [Stefan Sperling]
> > This change has already been applied in r30574 and was
> > reversed again in r30697 because it is wrong.
>
> No, that was a different fix. Compare:
>
> neon-config --la-file
> - status quo, makes subversion care about libtool internals
> neon-config --libs
> - proposed in April, Joe doesn't seem to like it even though he
> controls neon-config

Heh, the two of you seem to be good friends :)

> pkg-config --libs neon
> - what I suggested this time. Since this is the whole job of
> pkg-config, it had better work correctly.

Oh, I see. Sorry, I didn't look closely enough.

> Unfortunately, one can't assume pkg-config is available on all Unix systems.

Is this why you didn't explicitly suggest the patch to be
applied? You didn't put [PATCH] in the subject...

Couldn't this patch be made to check for pkg-config and fall
back to something else if it does not find it?

Stefan