Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: clarify that libserf is auto-detected by pkg-config

Pavel Lyalyakin <[email protected]> Mon, 3 Aug 2026 20:04:28 +0300
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On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 at 20:01, Pavel Lyalyakin <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> INSTALL says that I have to explicitly specify --with-serf when running
> ./configure to enable ra_serf. This doesn't seem to be the case because
> pkg-config is used to automatically detect whether libserf is installed on
> the system.
>
> (I think that the current wording is from the ra_neon era, when
> --with-serf selected ra_serf instead of ra_neon).
>
> Log message:
>
> * INSTALL
>   (I.C.7): clarify that libserf is automatically detected by pkg-config
>
> Patch by: Pavel Lyalyakin <[email protected]>
>

(Yeah, this was supposed to be sent from my @apache.org email address, but
I used @visualsvn.com by mistake.)

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With best regards,
Pavel Lyalyakin

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 at 20:01, Pavel Lyalya=
kin &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;borde=
r-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>INSTALL sa=
ys that I have to explicitly specify --with-serf when running ./configure t=
o enable ra_serf. This doesn&#39;t seem to be the case because pkg-config i=
s used to automatically detect whether libserf is installed on the system.<=
/div><div><br></div><div>(I think that the current wording is from the ra_n=
eon era, when --with-serf selected ra_serf instead of ra_neon).</div><div><=
br></div><div>Log message:</div><div><br></div><div>
<div>* INSTALL</div><div>=C2=A0 (I.C.7): clarify that libserf is automatica=
lly detected by pkg-config</div><div><br></div><div>Patch by: Pavel Lyalyak=
in &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">lyalyakin@=
apache.org</a>&gt;</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div=
><div>
(Yeah, this was supposed to be sent from my=C2=A0@<a href=3D"http://apache.=
org" target=3D"_blank">apache.org</a> email address, but I used=C2=A0@<a hr=
ef=3D"http://visualsvn.com" target=3D"_blank">visualsvn.com</a> by mistake.=
)

=C2=A0</div></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><span class=3D"gmail_signatu=
re_prefix">--</span><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"=
ltr">
<font color=3D"#888888">With best regards,<br>
Pavel Lyalyakin</font>

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