On 09/02/2013 06:10 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 11:17:02AM -0300, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: >> Em 02-09-2013 10:55, Ken Moffat escreveu: >> >> Long ago, I have commented something like that. I use nvidia proprietary >> in one system (which I am using to write this), do not have radeon, and >> it does not seem I need installing llvm. I wonder if it would be good to >> add the word "only" just before "required", in the "Warning", with >> respect to radeon versus llvm, but perhaps it is necessary for something >> else and is left like that just in case. >> > > I'm in favour of rewording it. > > Actually, I'm not convinced that the frightening 'Warning' is > really necessary. We could change 'Recommended' to something like: > > libvdpau-x.y (to build VDPAU drivers), elfutils-x.y AND llvm-x.y > (both required for radeon 3D drivers)
I prefer this one and perhaps move those packages to optional dependecies. > OR > > we could move elfutils and llvm to Required with a note (both > are only needed for radeon 3D drivers) > > Perhaps we also need to draw people's attention to the explanation > of --with-gallium-drivers= before we show the configure command ? How about a note under dependecies with a link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium3D ? I don't think we explain gallium configure switch clear enough. -- Igor Živković http://www.slashtime.net/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
