Re: [Firebird-devel] Building Firebird Linux with --with-builtin-tommath

[Alex P. <pes...@ma...>]

On 9/5/22 13:20, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
> On 05-09-2022 12:06, Alex Peshkoff via Firebird-devel wrote:
>> On 9/5/22 12:59, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
>>> On 05-09-2022 11:50, Alex Peshkoff via Firebird-devel wrote:
>>>> On 9/5/22 12:31, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
>>>>> That is inconsistent compared to what is done for 
>>>>> --with-builtin-tomcrypt. I explicitly requested 
>>>>> --with-builtin-tommath, so I expect it to end up directly in the 
>>>>> lib directory like tomcrypt.
>>>>
>>>> This switch works another way.
>>>
>>> It seems to me it does the same thing, but for a different library, 
>>> so why does it do so in an entirely different way?
>>
>> I do not know what library do you talk about.
>> There are many of them - and rules for them vary slightly.
>
> I explicitly mention it multiple times (see also above): tomcrypt. The 
> behaviour for --with-builtin-tomcrypt (putting it directly in lib) 
> seems more sane to me compared to what is done for 
> --with-builtin-tommath (putting it in lib/.tm). Why is it handled 
> differently?
>

When adding it I cared about an ability to fix secirtiy issues in 
3d-party libraries not rebuilding and reinstalling FB packages. With 
used schema one can simply install fixed system package for tommath in a 
case of some issues in it. None were found - but that was when tommath 
was at pre-release stage.

BTW, we always recommended to those who need embedded-only access full 
install (classic) and server stop.