> When configure is run with > ./configure --enable-odbc --with-unixodbc > it does not verify that -lodbcinst works. The absence of this > library (or misarranged symbolic links, etc.) is not detected > until relatively far into the build, when the ODBC driver is > actually compiled. Better, imho, to check at configure time > so the user can fix the problem without investing time in a > build process which will fail.
It is not the job of the configure script to predict inevitable build failures. If we did that then it would take a lot longer to run it than just starting the build and seeing it fail. Moreover, note that you can just install the missing library and continue the build were it stopped. -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
