On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 10:51:42AM +0000, eddie james wrote: > The instructions are a tad ambiguous to a soft mind such as my own. After > google for 3 hours, I looked into the exploded libxml2 directory and saw > files related to python. I then did ./configure --help and noticed the > --with-python option.. The odd thing is I don't believe I passed that option > to ./configure when I built this for blfs. Mesa compiled with out a hiccup > and X worked. I'm currently installing X11 in a chrooted environment using > slackware 14.0 as a host, and installing to a gentoo installation. to make a > long story even longer... I think the instructions to build Mesa should be > written with "dim" people in mind > Why ? What is/was your problem ?
I've _never_ passed that option, but libxml2 appears to build all the included python 'stuff' without it : provided recent python2 is present. Everybody who reads configure scripts, particularly their included help, needs to be aware that they often lie or at least mislead! Actually, googling for 3 hours will make anyone's mind soft. Too many outdated postings and false positives. Exploding libxml2 seems a bit drastic, but your system, your rules, your explosives. ;-) ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, dieses Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
