Stefan Sperling wrote on Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 17:12:05 +0200: > On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 06:07:56PM +0300, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > > s...@apache.org wrote on Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 17:54:12 -0000: > > > + 21. libmagic (OPTIONAL) > > > + > > > + Subversion's configure script attempts to find libmagic > > > automatically. > > > + If it is installed in a non-standard location, then use: > > > + > > > + --with-libmagic=/path/to/libmagic/prefix > > > + > > > + The files include/magic.h and lib/libmagic.so.1.0 (or similar) > > > + are expected beneath this prefix directory. If they cannot be > > > + found Subversion will be compiled without support for libmagic. > > > + > > > > Usually our behaviour is different than what you describe here: > > > > * --with-libmagic not passed: compile with libmagic if it's present > > > > * --with-libmagic passed: compile with libmagic, error out if it's not > > found or unusable > > > > Why the inconsistency? > > Because I somehow got the autoconf goo to work this way after a lot > of trial and error. > > If you know how to improve it please do so. I am trying not to touch > this autoconf stuff ever again unless it's seriously broken for some reason.
r1131431, and I'll improve it further in a few minutes.
