Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:45:00 +0100 From: Remko Lodder <remko@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Gordon M Tetlow <tetlowgm@mac.com>, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should libgssapi be hidden behind the MK_KERBEROS knob? Message-ID: <475B2C7C.40903@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <475B2BD1.7000303@FreeBSD.org> References: <4759DC08.9070600@FreeBSD.org> <20071208163857.GC91919@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <B6258346-EB1D-451B-9D71-6497F3781344@mac.com> <475B2BD1.7000303@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote:
> Gordon M Tetlow wrote:
>> On Dec 8, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Brooks Davis wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 03:49:28PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
>>>> If there is a better list for this, don't hesitate to let me know.
>>>>
>>>> I use WITHOUT_KERBEROS=true in /etc/{make|src}.conf, since I don't
>>>> need or use it. However, this leads to a problem with building the
>>>> kdelibs3 port. The configure script looks for the presence of
>>>> libgssapi and the associated headers, and takes that to mean that
>>>> kerberos is available, and sets things up accordingly. This causes
>>>> the build to fail when it tries to actually link something to a
>>>> kerberos library.
>>>>
>>>> I realize that GSS can be used for other things besides kerberos, but
>>>> are we really losing anything by hiding them both under the same knob?
>>>> If the answer to that is yes, is there any objection to a WITHOUT_GSS
>>>> knob?
>>> We wouldn't loose anything today, but a without GSS knob makes more
>>> sense to me. There's at least one other GSS system in fairly wide use
>>> in the high performance computing world today.
>> How about WITHOUT_KERBEROS implies WITHOUT_GSSAPI unless people
>> specifically ask for GSSAPI? Is that too obscure?
>
> That sounds totally reasonable. How does the attached look?
>
> Doug
>
The attached patch looks good to me, and the proposals as well..
Cheers
remko
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