From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13470: 24.3.50; configure: Warn if runtime library is present, but headers are absent Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:45:53 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87sj608k4k.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1358401594 19387 80.91.229.3 (17 Jan 2013 05:46:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:46:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13470@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jambunathan K Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 17 06:46:46 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TviJK-000508-6y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:46:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47396 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TviJ3-0003LX-OP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:46:29 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38321) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TviJ0-0003LQ-HL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:46:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TviIx-0005oE-Ph for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:46:26 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:58725) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TviIx-0005o0-Me for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:46:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TviJa-0004sh-1z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:47:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13470 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13470-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13470.135840159718712 (code B ref 13470); Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13470) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Jan 2013 05:46:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35953 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TviJA-0004rk-BI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:46:36 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:45333) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TviJ8-0004rd-PR for 13470@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:46:35 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TviIT-0007at-PA; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:45:53 -0500 X-Spook: rs9512c New World Order Manfurov CIDA Etacs target ASO X-Ran: ~t)XhC<27o'DlVrly)fU (Jambunathan K.'s message of "Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:46:11 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:69896 Archived-At: Jambunathan K wrote: > No, IMO this is a generic bug in configure. It should check for > libraries first, then headers. If the library needed to provide a > requested feature is present, but not the headers, it should bitch. Well IMO Emacs configure script is fine in this regard. This is too vague to do anything useful with.