curl-library
Re: buildconf broken
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:18:48 +0100
Am 28.11.2011 12:47, schrieb Kamil Dudka:
> On Monday 28 November 2011 12:37:48 Guenter wrote:
>> Am 28.11.2011 11:59, schrieb Kamil Dudka:
>>> Hi Gün,
>>>
>>> On Monday 28 November 2011 11:43:24 Guenter wrote:
>>>> Though what I really dont understand is that this now pops up when we
>>>> introduce pkg-config check for libidn - while we do already a couple of
>>>> similar tests for other libs?
>>>
>>> I suspect this is the first time we use the PKG_CHECK_MODULES macro for
>>> that purpose. All the other checks use open-coded invocation of
>>> pkg-config.
>>
>> aaah, ok. But wouldnt it then make more sense to move the line
>> m4_pattern_allow(PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR)
>> to the top so that it doesnt bite us anymore if we introduce similar
>> checks further above the libidn check in future?
>
> Although I have no idea what m4_pattern_allow actually does, I believe
> it would make sense.
well, what Yang wrote makes sense either, so now I believe we should
rewrite the check and avoid the PKG_CHECK_MODULES macro ...
I've already looked at this, but since I'm not a configure specialist I
was hoping Yang or Daniel would beat me ... ;-)
Gün.
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