On Monday 25 May 2009 15:43:38 Marco van Wieringen wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 15:31 +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > Uh I would say we could it a bit different, we check if --enable-acls > > > is set (so thats different then now) and then complain if things are > > > not installed. Then we can easily change the configure used in the rpm > > > building (SPEC file) to include --enable-acl. We could do the same for > > > xattr support. So we only act when someone explicitly enabled acl and > > > xattr support. > > > > Yes, I think this would be a very reasonable solution. > > Ok, that leaves thing still in automatic mode like it is now but will > scream when you enable something and it doesn't make sense because you > are missing the proper requirements. > > > > As far as I know its now either enable it when found or disable it when > > > --disable-acl is given. > > > > That is a very reasonable behavior, but in addition, if we *require* it > > if the user explicitly puts --enable-acls the ./configure should fail if > > the libraries are not available -- I think that is what you suggested > > above. > > Correct, sometimes my English is kinda sloppy, I write tend to forget > the not word in some sentences and then it reads somethings completely > different.
Your English is very good. The interesting thing is that I often have the most communications problems with English speakers because we think we know what we are saying to each other, but each interprets it differently! > > > Is that something you would like to do, or should I do it? > > I could have a look, but if you think you can do it soon I don't mind > you doing it. I need to see how to tweak configure.in to do the "proper" > thing. OK, I will do it. I've now put in the required 5 years it takes to learn how to tweak configure without tearing my hair out. No use wasting your time withy that ... Kern > > Marco ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
