On Mon, 16 May 2011 10:25:38 +0200
Andrew Stacey <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:46:45AM +0400, Konstantin Kozlov wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 May 2011 08:43:44 +0200
> > Andrew Stacey <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 09:15:16AM +0400, Konstantin Kozlov wrote:
> > > > Your glib is too old and vala was compiled against this old
> > > > glib.
> > > > 
> > > > Best reagrds,
> > > > 
> > > > Kostya
> > > 
> > > Thank you!  I shall try installing a new glib and see how far I
> > > get, and if I don't manage to compile it I'll take a closer look
> > > at the list in EXT_PKG_WHATEVER_IT_WAS as it seems that the check
> > > it does in the Makefile is not sophisticated enough to check this
> > > sort of dependency.
> > > 
> > > Andrew
> > Do not intall newer glib in sytem path. Too many things depend on it
> > (gtk, gnome etc). That's the reason there is no newer shotwell (and
> > others) for older distros.
> 
> Thanks for the warning.  I always install any extras in /usr/local,
> but do you mean that I should install it in a directory not in the
> default linker search path (so *not* in /usr/local/lib) and tell
> shotwell explicitly where to find it?
> 
> Andrew
/usr/local may be OK but may be not. I would build and test under
normal user in $HOME/sandbox and leave only package manager provided
versions of everything under /usr.

After your build succeed you can "install" system wide (and may be
share binaries :)).

Best regards,

Kostya
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