Subject: Re: hidden dependencies, Act II
To: Johnny C. Lam <lamj@stat.cmu.edu>
From: Dr. Rene Hexel <rh@vip.at>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/15/2001 07:54:56
"Johnny C. Lam" wrote:
> No, I think you missed my point. The config.cache generated depends
> on what's already been found during the configure process. The
> resulting config.cache file won't contain all of the ac_cv_* values
> possible. For an example, see pkgsrc/graphics/magicpoint.
Sigh. It would have been too easy, wouldn't it? ;-)
Something else that came to my mind regarding our default-deny
tactics: we have to be very careful about what we deny the configure
script to find. Otherwise we can easily break a package for different
operating systems. For example, a package configured under Solaris oder
Linux might need to find a completely different set of header files
and/or libraries than under NetBSD. In the worst case, this might even
apply to different ports/versions of NetBSD as well.
Cheers
,
Rene