On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 06:07:56PM +0300, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > s...@apache.org wrote on Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 17:54:12 -0000: > > + 21. libmagic (OPTIONAL) > > + > > + Subversion's configure script attempts to find libmagic > > automatically. > > + If it is installed in a non-standard location, then use: > > + > > + --with-libmagic=/path/to/libmagic/prefix > > + > > + The files include/magic.h and lib/libmagic.so.1.0 (or similar) > > + are expected beneath this prefix directory. If they cannot be > > + found Subversion will be compiled without support for libmagic. > > + > > Usually our behaviour is different than what you describe here: > > * --with-libmagic not passed: compile with libmagic if it's present > > * --with-libmagic passed: compile with libmagic, error out if it's not > found or unusable > > Why the inconsistency?
Because I somehow got the autoconf goo to work this way after a lot of trial and error. If you know how to improve it please do so. I am trying not to touch this autoconf stuff ever again unless it's seriously broken for some reason.
