On Monday, August 1, 2016 2:47:13 PM EDT Martin Preisler wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > From: "Rongli Shi" <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 2:54:38 AM
> > Subject: [Open-scap] Compilation of Openscap: how to turn off the build
> > dependency via configure
> > 
> > Hi guys,
> > 
> > How could I turn off the build dependency via configure as mentioned by
> > the
> 
> > doc:
> You don't have to turn any of these off per se. If these dependencies aren't
> detected openscap will disable the functionality that requires those deps.

Most configure scripts that I've seen error out so that you don't silently get 
missing functionality. For example, if you make a packaging mistake and don't 
get all the dependencies, you have a build that works but openscap wouldn't 
work as intended.

-Steve

> I have changed the README to avoid this confusion in the future. Thanks
> for checking with us!
> 
> https://github.com/OpenSCAP/openscap/commit/c3fd0fb6adbc8856993f8f1c9ce62ecc
> 1ac1a520


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