RE: address@hidden: Re: Debian packaging]

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On 30-Dec-2000 Jeff Bailey wrote:
> Sean pointed out the following:
> 
> Making all in mail
> make[3]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/mailutils-001228/mail'
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../include -I../lib    -Wall -pedantic -g
> -DTESTING -c alias.c
> In file included from alias.c:18:
> mail.h:37: readline/readline.h: No such file or directory
> mail.h:38: readline/history.h: No such file or directory
> make[3]: *** [alias.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/mailutils-001228/mail'
> 
> Should 'mail' handle the case where readline isn't available, or should I 
> not build it when readline isn't available?  I've never used readline, so 
> I don't have a good feel for how much work it is to provide a smooth 
> fallover.
> 

if nothing else, the configure script should detect this and complain if not
fail entirely.