Re: gEDA-user: needing --disable-update-mime-database

[Dave McGuire <mcguire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 16, 2008, at 8:20 AM, Peter TB Brett wrote:
>>>> Hi, I noticed the new geda and pcb need the configure flags:
>>>> --disable-update-desktop-database --disable-update-mime-database
>>>>
>>>> since I do not have these binaries.
>>>>
>>>> For geda I have to edit the Makefile to add them which is a  
>>>> little odd I
>>>> think .  I just thought it would be nicer if they were autodetected
>>>> instead, just my suggestion.
>>>
>>> 	Yeah, I would like that too.  Is this sort of auto detect
>>> feasible for the desktop integration, Peter?  A possible alternative
>>> is to add (disable) them by default.  I seem to recall having a  
>>> similar
>>> conversation a while ago, but I don't remember what came of it.   
>>> Thanks,
>>
>> For what its worth, I very much dislike the proposed sort of  
>> autodetect
>> behavior.  In the past I've seen this lead to mysterious behavior  
>> like 2
>> builds configured the same having different features and a difference
>> list of dependencies.
>>
>> I would not be opposed to having them disabled by default though.
>
> I would strongly oppose having them disabled by default, because it  
> means that
> (a) people won't test them and (b) people will complain about missing
> features that aren't.

   What platforms are they even used for?

> Furthermore, not being able to run update-desktop-database and
> update-mime-database isn't actually a big deal -- if you don't have  
> those
> tools, it means that they would have been noops anyway (i.e. you  
> don't have
> the freedesktop databases which they manipulate).

   Well these particular "noops" prevent successful builds under  
Solaris and OS X, for one thing. ;)

             -Dave
>


-- 
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL




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