On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:58:17PM +0000, Andrew Benton wrote: > On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:04:27 +0000 > Ken Moffat <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > 4. Webkitgtk - Andy added --with-gtk-2.0 : that needs to be changed > > to an option, because gnome-3 needs it to be built with gtk+-3.0 > > Fair enough. I added the --with-gtk-2.0 because the gimp can use > webkit-1.0 if it's available. As long as it's discussed in the command > explanations people can compile webkit how they need. > Thanks. > > Similarly Wayne > > is using libexecdir=/usr/lib/webkit-3.0 and --enable-introspection, > > I guess the libexecdir could arguably be /usr/lib/webkit-1.0 when > > building with gtk+-2. > > Couldn't we just accept that /usr/libexec exists? Also, why does webkit > need to be told about libexecdir? It doesn't install anything > into /usr/libexec for me. > > Andy For accepting /usr/libexec - I'm mostly in favour : if upstream want to use it, that's their decision. I think it probably violates the fhs, which will be why the book has avoided it. 'Mostly' because there are occasional packages such as dhcp which use weird other (not libexec) directory locations - some conformance with custom and practice is nice.
For webkit - you're right. I think Wayne has specified everything in case it is needed. Somethng else to review after merging. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
