Re: cairo, freetype, fontconfig, et al.
"Peter" <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:10:17 -0400, Joseph E. Sacco, Ph.D. wrote: snip..... > * The relevant content [executables, header files, and libraries] is > available and easily located. > I realize you don't trap configure output, but this can be useful in spotting problems manually. > * A simple mechanism exists to determine the version of the package > That's a hoot! Seems like most packages do their own thing unfortunately. And with different package managers, or lack thereof, that can be very troublesome! > * libtool files associated with the external package createno conflicts > with other GARNOME packages. > This is probably the hardest to predict and determine if I understand it correctly. > There has been a lot of academic work on the detection, construction, > and maintenance of software dependencies. As is true of all problems of > this genre, the easy things are easy the hard things are hard. > Well said! > What I believe can be done in the near term is pick away at some of the > simple cases like pkg-config and revisit this issue on a recurring > basis. > Well, as a user, not expert, I would start with bootstrap, then freedesktop which are non-gnome apps. If versions of installed applications are OK, there should be no reason why a particular app needs recompiling and separate installation. The platform directory MAY have overlaps since almost most all distros install gtk+ and glibc but maybe not the right version for the latest gnomes. Anyway, if I can help parse or test, please let me know. Happy to do so. Just let me know how. -- Peter -- garnome-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/garnome-list