Michael Albinus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Kai Grossjohann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The perfect solution, IMVHO, would look like this: When configure is >> run, it checks whether all the functions it needs are present. If >> this is not the case, then it prints a message like this: >> >> Couldn't find function base64-encode-region. >> Use "--with-contrib" arg to use the implementation supplied >> with Tramp. >> Beware, however: After upgrading some other package, the >> function(s) might appear, and then it is better to stop using the >> versions supplied with Tramp. > > Looks fine to me. But I still have the problem that "--with-contrib" > would be an all-or-nothing approach. Example: If somebody needs > password.el in contrib (from No Gnus), he would get format-spec.el > (from Gnus 5.8) as well.
I didn't want to suggest an all-or-nothing approach. Sorry for this misunderstanding. > What about this: If configure is finding that a package is missing, it > should generate just a link for the missing package lisp/password.el > -> contrib/password.el, together with the warning above. Right. Very good! Kai _______________________________________________ Tramp-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tramp-devel
