Re: [GD-DEVEL] GD build process

[email protected] (Chris Reuter) Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:43:39 +0000
Newsgroups php.gd.devel
Organization No, not right. Necessary.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[email protected] (Chris Reuter) writes:

> [email protected] (Pierre Joye) writes:

>>> Actually, I'll look into that.  I'd like to get rid of gd.h.in in favor
>>> of moving the generated stuff to a small corner of the program.
>>> (Basically, provide functions that return the version info and turn the
>>> #defines into calls to them.  This means the version will be correct in
>>> programs using GD when the libgd shared library is updated.  It also
>>> reduces the complexity of the build process and makes the code a little
>>> easier to hack on.)
>>
>> Makes sense :) Don't we have one already in 2.1?
>
> I've got it mostly done now.  I'll send you a pull request once I've got
> it cleaned up, since it expands the API a bit and you might want to
> review it.

It's done, pull request #17.  Feel free to contact me if you have any
questions or concerns or just want me to explain my thinking.


                              --Chris


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