From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Davour Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Development package hint in INSTALL for GNU/Linux? Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:06:43 +0200 (CEST) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051600074 14784 80.91.224.249 (29 Apr 2003 07:07:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 07:07:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 29 09:07:51 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19APDT-0003qG-00 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:07:51 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19APM0-00067B-00 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:16:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19APEB-0000u9-00 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 03:08:35 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19APDW-0000mo-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 03:07:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19APCx-0008M9-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 03:07:21 -0400 Original-Received: from tempo.update.uu.se ([130.238.19.17]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19APCQ-0007kc-00; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 03:06:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Tempo.Update.UU.SE (ip6-localhost [IPv6:::1]) ESMTP id h3T76iw4013286 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:06:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (ante@localhost) with ESMTP id h3T76h34013283; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:06:43 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: Tempo.Update.UU.SE: ante owned process doing -bs Original-To: Richard Stallman In-Reply-To: Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13542 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13542 On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Richard Stallman wrote: > +Many GNU/Linux systems do not come with development packages by > +default; they just include the files that you need to run Emacs, but > +not those you need to compile it. For example, to compile Emacs with > +X11 support, you may need to install the special `X11 development' > +package. > > The general idea is good, but I think that "X11 development package" > is too vague. It would be good to list the names it has in Debian and > Red Hat. And likewise for a couple of other specific packages one > may need. Maybe it's best to just note that the header files are needed. If we start mentioning Debian/RedHat package names they'll probably change names next week. Or is it more than the header files that are needed? Is it at all possible to be helpful with such a message without risking to omit some library or other? I don't say I don't like the idea, but it could be quite hairy to write something that don't mislead. /andreas =================== Emacs ===================== mail: ante@update.uu.se or try: Koraq@yahoo.com groove out at: http://www.update.uu.se/~ante/ ====== The choice of a GNU generation! ========