From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 8 23:44:29 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35C4A16A514; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 23:44:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@FreeBSD.org) Received: from galain.elvandar.org (galain.elvandar.org [217.148.169.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25A6E13C467; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 23:44:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@FreeBSD.org) Received: from evilcoder.xs4all.nl ([195.64.94.120] helo=elvandar.local) by galain.elvandar.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1J19LO-000G3m-MS; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:44:26 +0100 Message-ID: <475B2C7C.40903@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:45:00 +0100 From: Remko Lodder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Barton References: <4759DC08.9070600@FreeBSD.org> <20071208163857.GC91919@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <475B2BD1.7000303@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <475B2BD1.7000303@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Gordon M Tetlow , Brooks Davis , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should libgssapi be hidden behind the MK_KERBEROS knob? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:44:29 -0000 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 -- /"\ Best regards, | remko@FreeBSD.org \ / Remko Lodder | remko@EFnet X http://www.evilcoder.org/ | / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News