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Re: trunk r115472: Make 'configure' work out-of-the-box on Solaris.


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: trunk r115472: Make 'configure' work out-of-the-box on Solaris.
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:55:47 -0800
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Glenn Morris wrote:
> I'm not sure if there are any platforms where the necessary headers to
> compile applications with image libraries are installed by default (but
> "installed by default" is nebulous anyway; does it mean a truly minimal
> install, a desktop install, server install, workstation install, etc).

I have ready access to two Solaris servers, both installed by others,
and both with quite a few of the Solaris development libraries installed.
Without that patch, './configure' fails on both due to one or more
missing graphics development libraries.

It's just two data points, but it's not a good sign; it gives the impression
to naive builders that Emacs is a pain to port.

When I'm on these servers, I always run Emacs in tty mode, so it doesn't
bother me a bit that libgif etc. are missing.  I realize I could configure
with --without-x but that would lose some ability to test that X11 compiles
work on Solaris.  I also realize I could configure with --without-jpeg
--without-png --without-gif --without-tiff, or whatever, but I always
forget which flags they are and frankly I just want to type './configure'.

I wasn't aware of the earlier discussion about this.  Oh well.
I've reverted the patch, since Richard decided to do it this way.



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