Hi,
On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 08:52:39AM +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> OK. If you say that a more fuzzy proposal shouldn't cause problems at
> this point, I'll follow your lead.
In our experience, fuzzy proposals do not work well. Very few students
are up to making design decisions -- and cons
mi...@gnu.org wrote:
> Jef Driesen writes:
>> Isn't it easier to just check for the presence of the header file and/or
>> the library file, avoiding pkg-config entirely?
>
> Well, I'd prefer not to guess when possible, and not using pkg-config
> for a package that wants you to use it means you en
Jef Driesen writes:
> I'm aware of the advantage of using pkg-config. I even supply the *.pc
> files for my own projects. But the point is that if I want to support
> systems that don't have pkg-config installed (like Mac OS X in my
> case), I have to provide a fallback with manual detection anywa
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Jef Driesen wrote:
>
> mi...@gnu.org wrote:
> > Jef Driesen writes:
> >> Isn't it easier to just check for the presence of the header file and/or
> >> the library file, avoiding pkg-config entirely?
> >
> > Well, I'd prefer not to guess when possible, and not usi
Miles Bader writes:
> I don't even try to fully support systems without pkg-config, I
> basically just want a fallback so I can get some sort of build on them,
> maybe with some features disabled.
I should note that although this is my tactic, it's not actually a very
important point.
For the re
daveh...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:02 UTC, Jef Driesen wrote:
> > I'm aware of the advantage of using pkg-config. I even supply the *.pc
> > files for my own projects. But the point is that if I want to support
> > systems
> > that don't have pkg-config installed (like Mac OS
On 10/03/11 17:14, Dave Hart wrote:
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Jef Driesen wrote:
You don't have to convince me of the advantages of using pkg-config.
I want to use pkg-config for exactly the same reasons as you explain.
But when I tried to build my project on a system without pkg-config
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:02 UTC, Jef Driesen wrote:
> I'm aware of the advantage of using pkg-config. I even supply the *.pc
> files for my own projects. But the point is that if I want to support systems
> that don't have pkg-config installed (like Mac OS X in my case), I have to
> provide a fa
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:38:16AM +0100, Vincent Torri wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Jef Driesen wrote:
>
> >
> > mi...@gnu.org wrote:
> > > Jef Driesen writes:
> > >> Isn't it easier to just check for the presence of the header file and/or
> > >> the library file, avoiding pkg-conf
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Jef Driesen wrote:
> You don't have to convince me of the advantages of using pkg-config.
> I want to use pkg-config for exactly the same reasons as you explain.
> But when I tried to build my project on a system without pkg-config
> installed it failed. Proceeding
Roger Leigh writes:
> This is not meant to sound like a troll, but: is anyone really
> *really* using static linking in 2011?
Sure; it's very useful for specialized libraries that won't be widely
used enough to merit the effort to build and install as dynamic
libraries. Using/creating static lib
Hello,
* Roger Leigh wrote on Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 01:03:16PM CET:
> This is not meant to sound like a troll, but: is anyone really
> *really* using static linking in 2011?
I'd love to answer no, but at least parts of the HPC crowd will do
almost anything to get a couple percent more performance
[ adding the SoC list back in Cc: ]
Hello,
* Daniel Herring wrote on Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 08:06:45AM CET:
> Refactor Automake so it can easily be extended for new file types.
Yes, this is a good idea, too. Actually, there is a pending patch from
Valentin that does an important first step in thi
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
* Roger Leigh wrote on Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 01:03:16PM CET:
This is not meant to sound like a troll, but: is anyone really
*really* using static linking in 2011?
I'd love to answer no, but at least parts of the HPC crowd will do
almost anything to g
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