Re: utf8proc required

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 10:41 PM Nathan Hartman <hartman.nathan_at_gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 5:15 PM Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was setting up a new chromebook, with a completely barren Ubuntu
> install (using ChromeOS linux beta feature). utf8proc was not installed,
> and the configure failed.
> >
> > This requirement is not listed in INSTALL.
>
> Good catch! Thank you for reporting.
>
> I propose to add the following (or similar) to INSTALL.
>
> I'd prefer to put utf8proc toward the top of "Dependencies in Detail"
> because it is a required dependency. Currently I added it at the end,
> item 24. Moving it up will renumber most of the items. Should I do
> that?
>

+1 to group the required items, with the requisite renumbering for
optionals.

... and:

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 5:33 PM Branko Čibej <brane_at_apache.org> wrote:
>...

> It's bundled, so not a required external dependency.
>

Ah! Yeah... didn't know this. Daniel just made a change to point this out
at configure failure. I think we're good now, with that, and Nathan
applying his patch (above).

> $ ./configure --help
> ...
> --with-utf8proc=PREFIX|internal
> look for utf8proc in PREFIX or use the internal code
> ...
>
>
> But sure, it should be documented in INSTALL ... I think you might have
> commit access to that? :)

I certainly do. For nearly 20 years :p ... but as stated: I didn't know
which path/intent was appropriate. And Nathan beat me with a proposed
patch. I defer to him.

Thanks all, for the quick response and solutions!

Cheers,
-g
Received on 2019-12-04 06:28:16 CET