On May 16, 2008, at 8:20 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote: >>>> Hi, I noticed the new geda and pcb need the configure flags: >>>> --disable-update-desktop-database --disable-update-mime-database >>>> >>>> since I do not have these binaries. >>>> >>>> For geda I have to edit the Makefile to add them which is a >>>> little odd I >>>> think . I just thought it would be nicer if they were autodetected >>>> instead, just my suggestion. >>> >>> Yeah, I would like that too. Is this sort of auto detect >>> feasible for the desktop integration, Peter? A possible alternative >>> is to add (disable) them by default. I seem to recall having a >>> similar >>> conversation a while ago, but I don't remember what came of it. >>> Thanks, >> >> For what its worth, I very much dislike the proposed sort of >> autodetect >> behavior. In the past I've seen this lead to mysterious behavior >> like 2 >> builds configured the same having different features and a difference >> list of dependencies. >> >> I would not be opposed to having them disabled by default though. > > I would strongly oppose having them disabled by default, because it > means that > (a) people won't test them and (b) people will complain about missing > features that aren't.
What platforms are they even used for? > Furthermore, not being able to run update-desktop-database and > update-mime-database isn't actually a big deal -- if you don't have > those > tools, it means that they would have been noops anyway (i.e. you > don't have > the freedesktop databases which they manipulate). Well these particular "noops" prevent successful builds under Solaris and OS X, for one thing. ;) -Dave > -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user