Shawn Walker wrote: >> Who are the "*other* developers" who depend on a build of QT that >> depends on libCstd.so.1 ? There is no QT right now in Solaris, QT3 or >> QT4, therefore there cannot be any "other developer" who depends on >> any particular build configuration of QT. >> >> RedHerring #2: We can't do <X> because of a non-existent hypothetical >> situation <Y>. > > Bull. I would bet that most Qt developers that are running Solaris are > building and using the "standard C++ library"; not stdcxx.
I think you mean the Sun libCstd.so.1. The Standard C++ Library is just that, a Standard. There are several different implementations thereof. Facts. Do you have any documented facts to back up your assertions ? Noone is interested in "i would bet", "i guess", "i think", "i feel". We want facts. Do you have any ? Do you know of any QT distribution which installs, right now, under /usr, and which would create a conflict ? Can you provide an URL to it ? > As a result, they would be depending on a version of Qt not built with stdcxx. As a result of what ? Your guess, which is based on an assumption ? > Are you really going to force them to relocate their build of Qt to a > different place (possibly) just because you want to build yours > against stdcxx which is not an expectation? I don't know the hypothetical installation location of the hypothetical QT build where these hypothetical QT developers have installed their hypothetical QT libraries. Neither do you. If anyone has built and installed *any* software under /usr, in Solaris, they have assumed the risk that Sun Microsystems, Inc. might, at some point in the future, decide to install the exact same thing under /usr, thereby overwriting said poor choice of installation location. *This one* is a known fact. --Stefan -- Stefan Teleman Sun Microsystems, Inc. stefan.teleman at Sun.COM
