Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add manaplus.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:

> I don't know if there is a better workaround for the SDL headers, but
> this problem is rather common: there is a workaround in 'abbaye' and a
> special patch for 'pingus'.
>
> The problem is: the source code has lines like this:
>
>   #include <SDL_mixer.h>
>
> but the headers of all SDL packages are placed in “include/SDL/”
> subdirectories.  And an upstream often doesn't use "pkg-config" for
> every SDL package to define CFLAGS and assumes that all SDL headers are
> placed in one directory.  So we have to invent workarounds for such
> packages.
>
> I just mention this problem here, perhaps someone will come up with a
> general solution.

Can’t ‘sdl-union’ be used here?  I think it was created specifically to
solve this problem.  (Currently it’s private to (gnu packages sdl) but
you can export it.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.