Useless OpenEXR split

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Mon Sep 17 17:18:26 UTC 2007


Michael Schwendt wrote:

>> It's unclear (to me anyway) whether these truly are optional or not, ie,
>> I have yet to determine here (or in the jasper case) whether apps assume
>> the
>> presence tools/binaries.  In short, I'm playing it safe, and keeping the
>> same behavior as when there wasn't a -libs split.
> 
> For jasper, the executables are _example programs_. RTFM confirms that.

I've found at least one example (kopete?) where it assumes the presence of
the jasper binary.

> For OpenEXR, they are referred to as additional utilities. The prefix
> "exr" in their names does not appear in any of the libs.

OK, well, I guess we can take the "remove it and see if anything breaks"
approach too.

-- Rex




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