DJ Lucas wrote these words on 11/02/05 21:21 CST: > This message is directed toward Randy since those packages have been > updated by him most recently, but posted here for history's sake. > > Any objection to an added note about '--enable-ldap' being needed for > OpenOffice in the Firefox, Thunderbird, and Mozilla instructions?
I would really need more background to answer this question. Is is mandatory for OOo? What is the need for? Thunderbird and Moz don't really create an issue, however, the note would also need to include a blurb that OpenLDAP is required. But OpenLDAP is an optional dependency, so how can it be required? Somewhat a contradiction. But nothing that couldn't be overcome. Perhaps a note such as (and I'm guessing because I don't have enough background on your question to answer it properly): "If you plan on building OpenOffice, you'll need to ensure that OpenLDAP is installed and add --enable-ldap to the configure script" Firefox does however create an issue. The default browser/config/mozconfig file in the firefox tree explicitly disables ldap using --disable-ldap. Changing this would be contrary to the Moz developers and something I'm not sure we want to do. Besides, what does LDAP support in Firefox do? To the best of my knowledge it is only used by the address book functionality, which Firefox doesn't provide. Not trying to be a stick-in-the-mud, but adding a note to Firefox which contradicts the Firefox developers suggestions, seems counter-productive. Especially considering that many folks don't use the Firefox instructions from BLFS, but build it using the method suggested by the Moz devs (which as we all know by know produces the same result) but they would have to figure out how to accommodate for OpenOffice. This would mean editing the default browser/config/mozconfig file. Seems it would contribute to many support questions. I will however, leave the decision up to you. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 21:41:01 up 39 days, 7:05, 3 users, load average: 0.09, 0.11, 0.23 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
