Re: [Gnash] gnash testing

[Jens Petersen]

Rob Savoye wrote:
>   I like pkg-config too, and used it for a bunch of tests. Most of my 
> first bug reports on Gnash were all from people without pkg-config, so I 
> rewrote all the configure tests to not need it.

Hmmm, pkgconfig doesn't seem an unreasonable dependency to me, 
considering that libxml2, gtk2, cairo, pango, glib2, and gtkglext all 
support it.

>   In fact, I even dropped all the compile or link tests too, and stuck 
> to simple directory & file searching. The compile tests are also often 
> too complex for true portability. I figured it would be better if the 
> configure finished, so people can see what they need to install rather 
> than just having configure abort because somebodies machine isn't setup 
> quite right.

I dunno, personally I would rather "configure" failed than "make". :) 
 IMHO not using pkgconfig will lead to unnecessary configure 
maintenance work.

Anyway the main problem with current configure file seems to be for 
the gtk family of libs.  This is what configure gives on my FC5 x86_64 
box:

:
Configured paths for x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu are:
:
        GtkGlext flags are: -I/usr/include/gtkglext-1.0 
-I/usr/lib/gtkglext-1.0/include

** should be: -I/usr/include/gtkglext-1.0 
-I/usr/lib64/gtkglext-1.0/include

:
        Gtk2 flags are: -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include

** should be: -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/gtk-2.0/include

        Gtk2 libs are: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0

** should be: -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 
-lpangocairo-1.0

:
        Glib flags are: -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 
-I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include

** should be: -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include

:

The simple pkgconfig hack patch I posted in my original mail at least 
makes it build on x86_64 for me on both FC4 and FC5 (and on i386 too 
of course).

Jens