From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from imf16bis.bellsouth.net (mail016.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.58.36]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05CE625951 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:25:11 -0600 (CST) Received: from server.g2.org ([216.78.167.4]) by imf16bis.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.00 201-253-122-122-20010827) with ESMTP id <20020113182715.UBF18740.imf16bis.bellsouth.net@server.g2.org> for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:27:15 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] link or patch? From: Grant Goodyear To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200201131639.g0DGd2m08740@math.Princeton.EDU> References: <200201131639.g0DGd2m08740@math.Princeton.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0 (Preview Release) Date: 13 Jan 2002 14:22:01 -0500 Message-Id: <1010949721.20185.2.camel@server.g2.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 52191a27-abf8-4449-a670-2a3722e2099c X-Archives-Hash: 9c09e899504a227fc5b68d31748d2ab3 > Some packages look for files in the wrong place, e.g. /usr/include/libxml > for files which gentoo puts in /usr/include/libxml2/libxml, and don't > have configure options to specify the correct path. One can fix this > either by patching Makefiles or by creating symlinks. I normally do > the latter. My question is: What should one do in an ebuild? Does > gentoo have a policy about how to fix these packages? In general we prefer to patch the Makefiles (or add the correct flag to ./configure). Best, g2boojum