From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jan 20 14:40: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E537215141 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id OAA48499; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:40:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:40:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200001202240.OAA48499@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Ade Lovett Subject: Re: ports/16210: please add symlink glib-config -> glib12-config Reply-To: Ade Lovett Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/16210; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ade Lovett To: van.woerkom@netcologne.de, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Subject: Re: ports/16210: please add symlink glib-config -> glib12-config Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 16:31:23 -0600 On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 03:20:08AM -0800, Marc van Woerkom wrote: > > While we are at it - if there should be no generic version > of gtk-config or glib-config, wouldn't it be nicer to > put a short information script in $PREFIX/bin like it has > been done in case of tclsh that says something like > "sorry, be more specific about version"? This would cause more problems than it solves. Unlike tclsh and wish, both "glib-config" and "gtk-config" are not particularly meant to be run by a human being, rather they're used primarily in configure scripts. In this situation, it's far better to have the configure process fail (and then be patched to do the right thing) than be confused by seemingly "helpful messages". -aDe -- Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message