1 Dec 2008 06:15
Re: committing update to configure
On Nov 30, 2008, at 14:24, Joshua Root wrote: > Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> On Nov 30, 2008, at 13:02, Jeremy Huddleston wrote: >> >>> On Nov 29, 2008, at 20:06, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >>> >>>>> I decided to regen configure since it was made with an old version >>>>> of autoconf that doesn't detect X11 properly. >>>> >>>> You should definitely regenerate configure after modifying >>>> configure.ac. However changing the version of autoconf used >>>> should be >>>> discussed first. In what way does the version of autoconf we've >>>> been >>>> using not detect X11 properly, and what is the implication of that >>>> improper detection? >>> >>> The older version of autoconf searches for libX11.so to find X11, >>> but >>> it should be searching for libX11.dylib : >>> >>> # With the configure generated by the newer autoconf: >>> ~/src/macports/trunk/base $ grep dylib configure >>> for ac_extension in a so sl dylib la dll; do >>> for ac_extension in a so sl dylib la dll; do >> >> Doesn't that mean that MacPorts has thus never detected X11 >> correctly, >> and therefore that it really hasn't mattered?(Continue reading)
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