On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 15:40:29 -0700 Nathan Coulson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Checking BLFS, it looks like popt is used for Hd2u, pilot-link, > > libbonobo, rsync, samba, and libdv. I also know it is needed for rpm. > > > > I am reluctant to add packages to LFS and cause 'bloat'. In this case, > > I don't see any packages that I would term 'critical' from BLFS that > > need popt. > > > > Since popt is, by default, linked statically into pkg-config, the > > question is whether this error in command options parsing worth fixing? > > > > I lean towards not fixing this, but could be persuaded otherwise. > > > > -- Bruce > > -- > > > > bit of bloat, for having popt compiled in (probably in the kb range), but > does not outweigh the cost of adding & supporting a new package. Only thing > I would consider tipping the scales, is if other LFS packages could make use > of it. > > As long as pkg-config works as advertised, I'd lave popt out of lfs. > > > -- > Nathan Coulson (conathan) It's just moving code from on place to another. Pkg-config gets smaller by the size of the code moved to libpopt.so. I like shared libraries and as I use rsync I think installing popt is a good idea. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
