On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:25:59 +0900 Brett Nash <n...@nash.id.au> said:

> On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:47:45 +0200 (CEST)
> Vincent Torri <vto...@univ-evry.fr> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:56:26 +0800 Tom Haste <tomha...@gmail.com>
> > > said:
> > >
> > >> So...
> > >>
> > >> We're adding a patch that packagers use to make LUA install
> > >> correctly, so wouldnt that make E more difficult to package? Since
> > >> its effecting the install of LUA? Its early in the morning here so
> > >> it may just be my squishy morning brain not understanding the idea.
> > >
> > > no no no.. WE are not adding the patch. WE are just assuming the
> > > lua install is "sane" (ie provides a .pc file etc.) and expect the
> > > installed lua to be patched and set up properly. :)
> > 
> > technically speaking, the problem is the same than zlib or libjpeg,
> > and we never complained that they don't have a .pc file. It would be
> > easier, of course, to have one (btw, zlib 1.2.4 has one, now. The
> > libjpeg maintainer does not want to add one, though)
> 
> At least you don't need to patch their Makefile to get dynamic
> libraries however.
> 
> And Lua _removed_ the .pc that was there.

also it is not the common case for these libs to HAVE a pc on systems - for lua
it is common - as it is patched - at least on the major os's that have most of
the userbase.


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