Question on patches

2003-07-16 Thread Conrad Steenberg
Hi Would patches that implement (as options, turned off by default) shared libraries and relocation be acceptable? I'm in a situation that I need those features, but dread having to fork a set of package spec files etc. for my own use. Cheers Conrad -- Conrad Steenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

Re: Question on patches

2003-07-19 Thread Matthias Kurz
On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 06:18:08PM -0700, Conrad Steenberg wrote: > Hi > > Would patches that implement (as options, turned off by default) shared > libraries and relocation be acceptable? > > I'm in a situation that I need those features, but dread having to fork > a set of package spec files et

Re: Question on patches

2003-07-19 Thread Ralf S. Engelschall
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003, Matthias Kurz wrote: > > Would patches that implement (as options, turned off by default) shared > > libraries and relocation be acceptable? > > > > I'm in a situation that I need those features, but dread having to fork > > a set of package spec files etc. for my own use. >

Re: Question on patches

2003-07-19 Thread Matthias Kurz
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 11:54:10AM +0200, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote: > On Sat, Jul 19, 2003, Matthias Kurz wrote: > > > > Would patches that implement (as options, turned off by default) shared > > > libraries and relocation be acceptable? > > > > > > I'm in a situation that I need those features,

Re: Question on patches

2003-07-19 Thread Ralf S. Engelschall
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003, Matthias Kurz wrote: > [...] > > > Instead of patching all the many spec-Files that have "disable-shared" > > > set etc., wouldn't it be possible to introduce a global setting (with > > > a default of "no"). > > > > Yes, I plan for a with_shared option which all packages can

Re: Question on patches

2003-07-19 Thread Bill Campbell
On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 02:35:02PM +0200, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote: >On Sat, Jul 19, 2003, Matthias Kurz wrote: > >> [...] >> > > Instead of patching all the many spec-Files that have "disable-shared" >> > > set etc., wouldn't it be possible to introduce a global setting (with >> > > a default of

Re: Question on patches

2003-07-19 Thread Conrad Steenberg
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 02:54, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote: > On Sat, Jul 19, 2003, Matthias Kurz wrote: > > > > Would patches that implement (as options, turned off by default) shared > > > libraries and relocation be acceptable? > > > > > > I'm in a situation that I need those features, but dread ha