Re: [Tuxmath-devel] tuxmath fails to compile without sdlttf

[Tasos L. <tla...@gm...>]

On 02/10/2011 03:22 PM, Volker Grabsch wrote:
> Tasos Latsas schrieb:
>> I will also look into it, see how I can help, but I don't promise as
>> pkg-config/Autoconf stuff are new to me..
> 
> Feel free to ask if you run into any problems. I'd be happy to have
> a look at your *.ac / *.in files.
> 
>>> However, some distributions like Debian don't install those, maybe
>>> because their build scripts were written in a time where those libraries
>>> didn't provide a *.pc file. I think it would be a good idea to provide
>>> bug reports for those distributions, but I didn't yet find the time
>>> to do that. Any volunteers?
>>
>> From a quick look here [1] only Archlinux and Fedora from the major
>> distributions ship SDL_ttf.pc (i dont know if this list is up-to-date
>> though). I could file those bug reports if the Autoconf solution doesn't
>> work.
> 
> The distro bugreports are not about how to make things _work_; they
> are about how to make things _easier_. So I recommend to file those
> bugreports in any case, if you find some time for that. The bugreports
> are not to solve things _now_, but to make things better in the future.
> 
> Currently, lots of projects are facing the same issues and the same
> ugly workaround as you do - not because the library authors don't
> provide *.pc file, but because the distributions don't install those.
> That's what's making all your life unnecessarily hard. As soon as
> all major distros fix those issues, many projects will be able to
> throw out lots of workarounds from their configure.ac files. :-)
> 
> 
Yes I understand that, I'll try to file some this weekend and post back.
Maybe a feature request instead of a bugreport would be more appropriate?
One last thing, under which packages should I file them? sdl_ttf and
sdl_mixer, or sdl_ttf only?

Thanks

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