xaw_use_xprint and XAW_CHECK_XPRINT_SUPPORT auto detected
Jeremy C. Reed
reed at reedmedia.net
Sat Mar 22 12:57:35 PDT 2008
lib/libXaw/xaw.m4 provides:
"If neither --enable-xprint nor --disable-xprint are given, the presence
of an Xaw with Xprint support will be auto detected."
Is that auto-detection necessary?
It makes inconsistent builds of xman and xlogo for example. Those are the
two I have learned problems about, but now I see many apps use it.
If it detects, then it adds additional dependencies: xprintutil and xp.
I think that it should be enabled or disabled but not auto-detected.
What are other packagers doing for this -- explicitely defining
--disable-xprint?
As for "auto-detection" of features -- what other examples does Xorg have
of this -- and when is it acceptable and not acceptable?
Jeremy C. Reed
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