Thierry Vignaud wrote:

>Tim Goetze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> > autoconfiguration code to alsa.m4. My suggestion is to use
>> > /opt/alsa/rc3 directory for this job. Comments?
>>
>> /opt is redhat only, debian systems do not have it.
>
>err, even if i dislike it, /opt is defined by the fhs
>
>anyway, api incompatibles libraries can cohabit in the same place with
>different majors.
>
>debian and major enable one to have multiples versions of the same lib
>provided the upstream authors increase it major on each api and/or abi
>change. one can only have one devel library package (aka headers, ...)
>
>this is the /usr/share/aclocal/alsa.m4 job to provide right linking
>flags depending of the library

anyway, i agree with paul that pkg-config should be used instead,
which offers a lot more flexibility.

now that i think about it some more, i feel compelled to add:

this dance around the 0.9.0 version seems ridiculous to me. the
logical consequence of API changes is bumping the version number,
and not hiding it in a 'nano' version increment.

sorry for the harsh words,

tim




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