[blfs-book] r16634 - in trunk/BOOK: introduction/welcome pst/typesetting

[ken]

Author: ken
Date: Wed Nov 11 18:17:44 2015
New Revision: 16634

Log:
asymptote: work around build failure with current libgsl by disabling it.

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
   trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/asymptote.xml

Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml       Wed Nov 11 17:35:07 
2015        (r16633)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml       Wed Nov 11 18:17:44 
2015        (r16634)
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
       <para>November 11th, 2015</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - asymptote: work around build failure with
+          libgsl-2.0 by disabling it (most users of asymptote probably
+          do not need to link it to libgsl). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7104">#7104</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-11.0.5. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7119">#7119</ulink>.</para>
         </listitem>

Modified: trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/asymptote.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/asymptote.xml    Wed Nov 11 17:35:07 2015        
(r16633)
+++ trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/asymptote.xml    Wed Nov 11 18:17:44 2015        
(r16634)
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional">
       <ulink url="http://www.fftw.org/";>FFTW</ulink>,
-      <xref linkend="gsl"/>
+      <!-- link to an external version until asymptote is altered
+      to build with libgsl-2
+      <xref linkend="gsl"/> -->
+      <ulink url="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gsl/";>libgsl</ulink> (versions 
&lt; 2.0)
     </para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (at runtime, to use 
xasy)</bridgehead>
@@ -125,7 +128,8 @@
  --mandir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/doc/man \
  --enable-gc=system \
  --with-latex=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/tex/latex \
- --with-context=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/tex/context/third 
&amp;&amp;
+ --with-context=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/tex/context/third \
+ --disable-gsl &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
@@ -169,6 +173,14 @@
     <application>texlive</application> directories instead of creating a
     <filename class="directory">texmf-local</filename> directory for 
them.</para>
 
+    <para><parameter>--disable-gsl</parameter>: if a current version of libgsl 
has
+    been installed, the configure script will attempt to use it and the build 
will
+    fail because of changes in that library. Remove this switch if you have 
installed
+    an older version of libgsl instead of the current version. It is believed 
that
+    few people need to link asymptote to libgsl: if you are one of those 
people,
+    please consider updating the user notes to explain what libgsl brings to
+    asymptote.</para>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 role="content">
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