On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Dr. Volker Zell wrote: > >>>>> "Igor" == Igor Pechtchanski writes: > > Igor> A couple of reasons. First, lndir is not always available, and I'd hate > Igor> to make developers install the whole XFree86-bin package just to build, > Igor> say, wtf. Secondly, lndir doesn't have the same invocation semantics as > Igor> configure, so we'd have to change the generic-build-script yet again to > Igor> accomodate it. I'd rather include a dummy configure that does the "right > Igor> thing" (i.e., populates the build directory with enough files to be able > Igor> to build the package there). If it makes you feel better, we could put in > Igor> some code to detect whether lndir is available and if it is, use it under > Igor> the covers. > > That would be great. > > Ciao > Volker
Umm, what would be great? Adding the script, or having it use lndir under the covers? Thanks for the vote, in any case. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton