Re: [Gnash-dev] Compatible libagg now in Fedora Core 6 updates

[Patrice Dumas]

On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:43:53PM +0100, strk wrote:
> 
> Yes, of course it's upstream. But I would expect packagers to detect
> similar problems and do something about them. (like refusing to
> package unless the upstream maintainer provides correct versioning?).

If you knew what poorly suitable for packaging software we package...

> Do you see other options ?
> How could Gnash (or whichever other package using AGG) detect 
> availability of a specific feature otherwise ?

autoconf is built around detecting features by testing them (especially
by trying compilation), that allows to work around such issues.

> Actually, as I write this mail a voice in my head tells me
> gnash is not actually checking version but grepping in headers,
> can you confirm Gnash would build with AGG renderer ("2.4" on fedora core?).

I checked (not on fedora core 6, but on devel when it was updated to the
newer 2.4).

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Pat