Stefan Sperling wrote on Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 17:12:05 +0200:
> On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 06:07:56PM +0300, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > stsp_at_apache.org wrote on Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 17:54:12 -0000:
> > > + 21. libmagic (OPTIONAL)
> > > +
> > > + Subversion's configure script attempts to find libmagic automatically.
> > > + If it is installed in a non-standard location, then use:
> > > +
> > > + --with-libmagic=/path/to/libmagic/prefix
> > > +
> > > + The files include/magic.h and lib/libmagic.so.1.0 (or similar)
> > > + are expected beneath this prefix directory. If they cannot be
> > > + found Subversion will be compiled without support for libmagic.
> > > +
> >
> > Usually our behaviour is different than what you describe here:
> >
> > * --with-libmagic not passed: compile with libmagic if it's present
> >
> > * --with-libmagic passed: compile with libmagic, error out if it's not
> > found or unusable
> >
> > Why the inconsistency?
>
> Because I somehow got the autoconf goo to work this way after a lot
> of trial and error.
>
> If you know how to improve it please do so. I am trying not to touch
> this autoconf stuff ever again unless it's seriously broken for some reason.
r1131431, and I'll improve it further in a few minutes.
Received on 2011-06-04 19:14:12 CEST