From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Apr 14 13:40:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA09534 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 13:40:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebsd.scds.com (jseger.shore.net [204.167.102.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA09479; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:40:06 GMT (envelope-from jseger@freebsd.scds.com) Received: (from jseger@localhost) by freebsd.scds.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id QAA02100; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:45:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 16:45:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199804142045.QAA02100@freebsd.scds.com> From: "Justin M. Seger" To: gnat@frii.com CC: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mozilla@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199804141450.IAA26379@prometheus.frii.com> (gnat@frii.com) Subject: Re: Libraries References: <199804131525.JAA21474@prometheus.frii.com> <199804140710.AAA02051@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> <199804141450.IAA26379@prometheus.frii.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Urk. What algorithm, then, should autoconf use to (a) find the j. random name of the library, (b) that library's include files, and (c) whether the library+include files are compatible with how it works? (c) is obviously "compile and run a test program" but what about (a) and (b)? Look at ports/graphics/ImageMagick. There are patches in the patches directory that make autoconf correctly identify tiff. TTYL, -Justin Seger- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message