On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 19:12, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 9/24/19 1:01 PM, John Burrell via blfs-dev wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 at 16:36, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 9/24/19 6:18 AM, Ken Moffat via blfs-dev wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:24:48AM +0100, John Burrell via blfs-dev wrote:
> >>>> when configuring babl-1.72 I get:
> >>>>
> >>>> babl/meson.build:142:2: ERROR: Program(s) ['g-ir-scanner'] not found
> >>>> or not executable.
> >>>>
> >>>> g-ir-scanner is provided by gobject-introspection. Something weird
> >>>> going on here.
> >>>>
> >>>> I think I'll stay with version 1.66 for the moment.
> >>>>
> >>>> jb.
> >>>
> >>> I saw on gimp-dev earlier this month that gimp-2.99 (git) requires
> >>> introspection, so I'm not surprised that the latest babl release also
> >>> needs that.
> >>
> >>   From meson_options.txt:
> >>
> >> option('enable-gir',    type: 'boolean', value: true, description:
> >> 'enable GObject-Introspection (GIR)')
> >>
> >> so it is not required.  Since gimp will soon require it, I'll mate
> >> gobject recommended in babl.
> >>
> > I can confirm that it does work with gobject-introspection installed.
> > In the command explanation section you could add a note about how to turn 
> > off
> > introspection support if g-i is not installed.
>
> If it's recommended, we usually let the user figure out how to not use
> it.  In this case babl is only used by gegl and gegl is only used by
> gimp.  If gimp requires g-i, then why would you not want it?
>
Because you may be installing babl for gnome-photos, and not for gimp.
But I guess if one is installing a Gnome desktop, then g-i will be
installed because it's
required by loads of gnome packages. So point taken.

jb.
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