Re: pkg/55593: Proposed modification to buildlink3.mk of libxml2

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/55593; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: pkg-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/55593: Proposed modification to buildlink3.mk of libxml2
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:58:56 +0200

 On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 03:40:00AM +0000, you.kawasaki%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
 > I noticed that the CFLAG does not include "include/libxml2".
 > When I added following line in buildlink3.mk of libxml2 to include "include/libxml2" in the CFLAG, building finished without an error for handbrake.
 
 So the short version is that this $#%^$%^$%^ hardcodes include paths for
 various systems and for Linux it falls through to explicitly using
 /usr/include. It should be using pkg-config like everyone... libxml2's
 b3.mk should most definitely not be changed for compensating for such a
 mess.
 
 Joerg