On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 10:41 PM Nathan Hartman <hartman.nat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 5:15 PM Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was setting up a new chromebook, with a completely barren Ubuntu > install (using ChromeOS linux beta feature). utf8proc was not installed, > and the configure failed. > > > > This requirement is not listed in INSTALL. > > Good catch! Thank you for reporting. > > I propose to add the following (or similar) to INSTALL. > > I'd prefer to put utf8proc toward the top of "Dependencies in Detail" > because it is a required dependency. Currently I added it at the end, > item 24. Moving it up will renumber most of the items. Should I do > that? > +1 to group the required items, with the requisite renumbering for optionals. ... and: On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 5:33 PM Branko Čibej <br...@apache.org> wrote: >... > It's bundled, so not a required external dependency. > Ah! Yeah... didn't know this. Daniel just made a change to point this out at configure failure. I think we're good now, with that, and Nathan applying his patch (above). > $ ./configure --help > ... > --with-utf8proc=PREFIX|internal > look for utf8proc in PREFIX or use the internal code > ... > > > But sure, it should be documented in INSTALL ... I think you might have > commit access to that? :) I certainly do. For nearly 20 years :p ... but as stated: I didn't know which path/intent was appropriate. And Nathan beat me with a proposed patch. I defer to him. Thanks all, for the quick response and solutions! Cheers, -g
