> On 03/15/2009 02:07 AM, Amos Jeffries wrote: > >> There are conceptual problems still with not being able to simply go to >> helper directory and 'make install' as long as they need libcompat from >> a higher level directory. >> >> Ideas on how that gets solved are very welcome. > > Do you mean that "make install" in helpers does not work if libcompat > has not been built yet (i.e., "make all" has not been run yet from the > root directory)? If yes, it seems to me that this is not something we > should try to fix.
That's exactly what I mean. I'm of a similar mind. Though I know people sometimes need to build a missing helper without overwriting their existing build/install or doing a full rebuild. Just off the top of my head; a --helpers-only option to build the helpers and libraries they depend on. Specifying the helpers as normal in their --enable-X-helpers=... options would get around this without being too much of a hack. Amos
