On 9/1/05, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tushar Teredesai wrote these words on 09/01/05 23:05 CST: > > > I don't think it would be that big a problem. Would just mean that the > > dependent apps would need a CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/heimdal" before > > the configure. Additionally, if heimdal includes a heimdal-config > > script or .pc files, the CPPFLAGS change may not even be required. Of > > course there is no way to know unless one has tried it:) > > Tush, I'm not sure that you understand how many packages can utilize > GSSAPI. Moz, firefox, thunderbird, every MTA, curl, almost every > networking application links to it, and on and on. Why should we make > changes to all these package instructions, when the fix can be > implemented in just the Heimdal package?
If you are looking make the fix only in heimdal, the symlink approach from Genoo looks better. I just checked and heimdal installs krb5-config file. Hence, if all the pacakges that you mention are using the krb5-config file to check for heimdal includes/libs, then no fix may be needed. I am going to install heimdal on my current system and see what the result is. BTW, the reason I don't like a package messing with other package's files is that it affects folks who use a package manger to install stuff. These folks (like me) have to deviate from the book in order to install the package. So if there is a way of installation that works for both camps, I am all for it. -- Tushar Teredesai mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~tushar/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
