[ expat-Bugs-772180 ] Configure should check for 'check' library

Bugs item #772180, was opened at 2003-07-16 10:28
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Category: Build control
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ed Avis (epaepa)
Assigned to: Greg Stein (gstein)
Summary: Configure should check for 'check' library

Initial Comment:
Building expat-1.95.6 on SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-15
sun4u sparc SUNW.

The configure script ought to test for the 'check'
library being installed, perhaps by testing for
check.h.  Otherwise you get failures later on in the
build process (during 'make check') if the library is
not present.

Since the normal convention is for missing libraries to
generate a message during configure, rather than a
compile error later on, I hope you can count this as a bug.

If the library is not found then certain parts of the
package could be disabled from building; i.e., the test
suite.


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