On 2/24/06, Rick Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris Wareham wrote:
> > Rick Jones wrote:
> >
> >>> I've not looked through the other patches, but I don't think any changes
> >>> that are made to xml2-config have to do with XML catalog support. Those
> >>> kind of config scripts are normally just patched to add in things like
> >>> default linker paths. Programs don't have to be aware of where the
> >>> default catalog is, the library is configured to know when it's built.
> >>
> >>
> >> Programs - or more specifically, installation mechanisms for those
> >> programs - certainly do need to know where the default catalog resides.
> >>
> >> rick jones
> >>
> >
> > Yes, but in the case of NetBSD's pkgsrc, the "installation mechanism"
> > knows where the catalog is - after all, it's part of the system that set
> > the catalog's location.
>
> And how can my program - netperf4 - learn where NetBSD decided to stash the 
> catalog?

If your program was packaged in pkgsrc, the package maintainer would
make sure it knew, by patching either the source or configuration
files of your program as a step in the package installation procedure.
At least that's how I think it's supposed to work. The pkgsrc system
tells your program, your program does not ask the pkgsrc system ;)

Regards,
Aron Stansvik
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