On Jun 24, 12:00 pm, "Arnaud Bergeron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/6/24 didier deshommes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
Hi,
> > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Michael Abshoff
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I am not sure if there is any harm if Maxima builds it. When woulds
> >> building
> >> xmaxima cause a problem?
>
> > I'm sure it doesn't; the issue is that sage builds something behind
> > your back, so you won't find it if you're not looking for it. Also,
> > the behavior is not consistent since this seems to depend the user's
> > machine (ie tk vs non-tk).
>
> > didier
>
> There is harm when building a binary package. If the user making the
> binary has tk on his computer then xmaxima will be part of the binary
> package and will fail miserably on the computers of others that don't
> have tk.
Sure, but xmaxima is not used by Sage directly. If there is a config
option to disable its build I am more than happy to disable building
it, but going into Makefile.in seems a little too invasive for my
taste. If it cannot be disabled we should file a bug report upstream.
> Arnaud
Cheers,
Michael
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