bug#2285: 23.0.90; indeterminate X11 "standard dirs"

bug#2285: 23.0.90; indeterminate X11 "standard dirs"

[Chong Yidong]

> So it's not sufficient when configure summarises in the end:
>
>   Where do we find X Windows header files?                Standard dirs
>   Where do we find X Windows libraries?                   Standard dirs
>
> Which are the so-called "standard dirs?"

If you explicitly specify where to find

  ./configure --x-libraries=FOO --x-includes=BAR

then the build process will use that, and the configuration report will
report what you have chosen.  I don't know, off the top of my head,
whether it's possible to extract the information that you want.  It
might be the case that Emacs just lets compiler try to find the header
files and libraries by itself.

I'd prefer not to muck around with the configuration too much during
pretest, but we can look into it after the release.

bug#2285: 23.0.90; indeterminate X11 "standard dirs"

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 11.02.2009 um 15:31 schrieb Chong Yidong:

> I don't know, off the top of my head,
> whether it's possible to extract the information that you want.


It once (beginning of October 2008) was the standard to report these  
details:

   Where do we find X Windows header files?                /usr/X11R6/ 
include
   Where do we find X Windows libraries?                   /usr/X11R6/ 
lib

When I pass --x-includes=/opt/local/include --x-libraries=/opt/local/ 
lib to configure it at least reports:

   Where do we find X Windows header files?                /opt/local/ 
include
   Where do we find X Windows libraries?                   /opt/local/ 
lib


Thinking a bit further on my problem, it seems to be adequate to  
state --x-includes=FOO --x-libraries=BAR on a system with more than  
one X11 installation instead of hoping that my compiler flags will  
work it out... But anyway, I would like to see a positive feedback/ 
report!

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Greetings

   Pete

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bug#2285: 23.0.90; indeterminate X11 "standard dirs"

[Chong Yidong]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Freenet.DE> writes:

> It once (beginning of October 2008) was the standard to report these
> details:
>
>   Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11R6/include
>   Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11R6/lib

That's strange.  According to vc-annotate, this part of the configure
code has not changed in about 10 years.

> When I pass --x-includes=/opt/local/include --x-libraries=/opt/local/
> lib to configure it at least reports:
>
>   Where do we find X Windows header files? /opt/local/include
>   Where do we find X Windows libraries? /opt/local/lib

Yes, I know.  In this case, the arguments you pass are directly stored
and reported.