Re: make install in helpers

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:49:08 +1200 (NZST)

> 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
Received on Sun Mar 15 2009 - 23:49:11 MDT

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