On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> [guillaume@silbermann guillaume]$ rpm --eval %configure
> [..]
> --sysconfdir=/etc \
> ???
> Anyway, i just tried with explicit --sysconfdir=%{_sysconfdir}, it doesn't
> change anything. Are you talking of the same version (0.50pre1) ?
Sorry. As I said, I am accessing this list remotely, so I never have the
code in front of me.
I am thinking now that it is --datadir=%{_sysconfdir}
If you do ./configure --help it should list the *dir options and give you
a clue about whether it's the right one or not. mplayer does not use
autoconf, but just a standard shell script for its configure script, so it
is not standard like we are used to.
If I am wrong yet again, I will make sure I have the .spec file in front
of me next time. So let me know.
>
> Also, what are you referring as 'conditional building' for libcss and
> libdvdread ? That is already configure script default behavior ?
Sort of.
I have replied on this before, but automatically choosing which options
to enable is very bad. In the very least it creates dependency problems.
But let's say for example, you build a binary RPM on your system, and you
have libdvdread installed but not in the form of an RPM. Now you are
unaware that your RPM's require libdvdread and when you send a copy of
your RPM to me, I can't run it because I don't have libdvdread.
The best thing to do is explicitly disable all "unportable" options. In
other words, mplayer.spec will not build with much of anything by default,
but if I do 'rpm --with libcss --with libdvdread -ba mplayer.spec' I have
consciously added the requirement for these packages. In the libcss case
we must make sure it is off by default for legal reasons.
You may also conditionally turn on and off specific processor
optimizations. Optimizations are an even bigger problem than
depdendencies. If Mandrake were to build its RPM's on the latest Pentium
Processor, and I have a poor old K6 at home, I may not be able to run
these binaries. I can always try to download depdendecies myself, but I
can't download a new processor. Do you understand my reasoning?
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Sincerely,
David Walluck
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