akhiezer wrote: >> From: William Harrington <kb0...@berzerkula.org> >> To: BLFS Support List <blfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org> >> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 04:07:25 -0600 >> Subject: [blfs-support] Xorg required dep when following links in BLFS >> >> Greetings, >> >> There is a problem with BLFS and Xorg deps when someone follows the >> links for required dependencies of Xorg libs. >> >> An example: >> >> When a user attempts to build WIreshark, the require deps will take >> them all the way to xorg-proto. >> >> I have also been told that util-macros isn't required for xproto. I >> haven't confirmed, so I won't deal with that here. >> >> THe problem is, that when someone is following required dependencies >> and gets to xorg-proto or util macros, XORG_PREFIX won't be set if >> they follow dependencies rather than going straight to the Xorg >> introduction page. >> >> xorg-proto ( which has util-macros as required dependency) does not >> have Xorg introduction as a required dependency where XORG_PREFIX and >> XORG_CONFIG is set. >> >> This is a problem and has been for some time. Users constantly come to >> support (more irc than the mailing list) with issues regarding >> libraries and headers not found. Of course, we don't support zombies, >> but clearly, if you go from top to bottom and then someone decides >> that they would want to install Xorg dependencies while following >> required dependency links, they don't get XORG_CONFIG or XORG_PREFIX >> set. >> >> Since the Xorg libs will eventually link the required deps all the way >> to util-macros as a required dependency of xorg-proto, I think it'd be >> a suggestion to have the xorg introduction as a dependency of util- >> macros or xorg-proto or both. >> >> A lot of people do follow links rather than know if they want to build >> some or all of Xorg, and when they do this, they don't get to the Xorg >> introduction page for Xorg. People can argue all they want that users >> should know if they want any or all of Xorg installed before building >> an app that may use a GUI. The problem is that the required dependency >> chain is broken. I followed Wireshark all the way back to util-macros, >> and nothing about XORG_PREFIX and XORG_CONFIG was mentioned. >> > > > Might it be best addressed in blfs chapter 2 or 3, if it's considered to > be a 'global', 'overview' kind of issue? BLFS users are ~expected to have > processed those chapters. That would help avoid a lot of repetition > elsewhere?
From a practical matter, those sections will be skipped by a lot of users. Adding the preface matter as a prereq to a couple of packages seems to be the minimal solution. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
