On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 09:11:37PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Justin Erenkrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > how about we add 2 new config options > > > --with-berkeley-db-include > > > --with-berkeley-db-lib > > > and let the user specify? > > > > I'd rather not force the user to manually specify it if at all > > possible. What's wrong with that snippet? First check to > > see if libdb2 exists - if not, then try libdb. We really ought > > to check for db2/db.h as well (then try db.h). -- justin > > Just my $.02 worth. Subversion, which requires Berkeley DB 3.3.11, > will check your system in All The Usual Places for such, but we also > allow a --with-berkeley-db option to configure.
Right, I'm not particularly against that config option, but I am against us not looking in "All The Usual Places" first. We can only look at so many places, but I think it is reasonable to look in db2/db.h and check for libdb2.so. My $.02. -- justin
