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 Mail.Math.Princeton.EDU (mail.math.Princeton.EDU [128.112.18.14]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EBD425948 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:38:13 -0600 (CST) Received: from math.Princeton.EDU (IDENT:root@math.Princeton.EDU [128.112.18.16]) by Mail.Math.Princeton.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0DGd2P13538 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:39:02 -0500 Received: from math.Princeton.EDU (stalker@localhost) by math.Princeton.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0DGd2m08740 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:39:02 -0500 Message-Id: <200201131639.g0DGd2m08740@math.Princeton.EDU> To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:39:02 -0500 From: John Stalker Subject: [gentoo-dev] link or patch? 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: f4d91799-8992-4a1b-adc5-c99bf6c044a4 X-Archives-Hash: 047c366570adc5a6fe59d461f2830ba3 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? -- John Stalker Department of Mathematics Princeton University (609)258-6469