Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-20 Thread Paolo Bonzini
$ ./configure ... Configure findings: FFI:no (user requested: default) readline: yes (user requested: default) libsigsegv: no, consider installing GNU libsigsegv Especially for packages with many dependencies or with many configuration opportunities it would be

Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-20 Thread Simon Josefsson
Bruno Haible writes: > I like it. Even more I like the configure files that print a summary of the > most important decisions or findings at the end of the configuration, thus > giving an opportunity to the user to re-configure with different --with or > --enable options. (Given the size of the c

Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Pádraig Brady wrote: ... > Anyway I'll check in the attached patch to coreutils, and would > appreciate if someone could apply the gnulib one. Done. Thanks.

Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Pádraig Brady
Bruno Haible wrote: > Pádraig Brady wrote: >> configure: WARNING: libacl development library was not found or not >> usable. >> configure: WARNING: GNU coreutils will be built without ACL support. >> configure: WARNING: libselinux was found but selinux/selinux.h is >> missing. >>

Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Ben Pfaff
Bruno Haible writes: > I like it. Even more I like the configure files that print a summary of the > most important decisions or findings at the end of the configuration, thus > giving an opportunity to the user to re-configure with different --with or > --enable options. (Given the size of the c

Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Bruno Haible
Pádraig Brady wrote: > configure: WARNING: libacl development library was not found or not > usable. > configure: WARNING: GNU coreutils will be built without ACL support. > configure: WARNING: libselinux was found but selinux/selinux.h is missing. > configure: WARNING: GNU coreuti

Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Andreas Schwab wrote: > Jim Meyering writes: > >> I figured that making it easier for the vast majority >> compensates for being less than perfectly generic. >> I suspect that targeting apt-based and yum-based distros >> would cover well over 80% of our audience. > > There are also a lot of zypper

Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Andreas Schwab
Jim Meyering writes: > I figured that making it easier for the vast majority > compensates for being less than perfectly generic. > I suspect that targeting apt-based and yum-based distros > would cover well over 80% of our audience. There are also a lot of zypper-based systems. :-) Andreas. -

Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Pádraig Brady wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> >> What do you think about suggesting with each how to install >> the missing package, e.g., >> >> You can install the required libgmp.* files >> via "yum install gmp-devel" on a fedora-based system, >> or "apt-get install gmp-devel" on a

Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Pádraig Brady
Jim Meyering wrote: > > What do you think about suggesting with each how to install > the missing package, e.g., > > You can install the required libgmp.* files > via "yum install gmp-devel" on a fedora-based system, > or "apt-get install gmp-devel" on a debian-based system. > > The

Re: [PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Pádraig Brady wrote: > I was going to mention some optional packages for coreutils in README-prereq > > libselinux-devel > libcap-devel > libattr-devel > gmp-devel > libacl-devel > > However these names are linux specific and probably even fedora specific, > so what would be bet

[PATCH] issue warnings for more missing optional libraries

2009-10-19 Thread Pádraig Brady
I was going to mention some optional packages for coreutils in README-prereq libselinux-devel libcap-devel libattr-devel gmp-devel libacl-devel However these names are linux specific and probably even fedora specific, so what would be better I think is for configure to give ap