[Scratchbox-devel] Regarding 'sb-conf install -c'

[Diane Holt]

Is there some technical reason why running it doesn't do anything for a
host-gcc target? I get that it doesn't actually need to, but is there some
reason it can't just go ahead and set up links anyway?  The reason I ask is
because one of the open-source components I'm building, ppp, has this in the
Makefile for pppd:

ifneq ($(wildcard /usr/include/crypt.h),)
CFLAGS   += -DHAVE_CRYPT_H=1
#endif
ifneq ($(wildcard /usr/lib/libcrypt.*),)
LIBS    += -lcrypt
#endif

I'll grant you that's not a terribly wonderful way for them to have done
that check -- nor did they provide any mechanism to allow you to simply say,
"Yes, I have that stuff" -- but, given that they did it the way they did,
and given that one of Scratchbox's intentions is to be able to build
open-source components without having to diddle them... :)

I can script around it, but if there's no real reason why the links couldn't
be set up, it might be worth considering doing.

Thanks,
Diane
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