NetworkManager-0.6.0 compile error 28pre9

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Frank Cox wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:24:52 +0530
>> Yogesh Patil <yogesh at technotux.net> wrote:
>>
>>> checking for wireless-tools >= 28pre9... no
>>> configure: error: wireless-tools >= 28pre9 not installed or not functional
>> yum install wireless-tools-devel
> 
> if that's the solution, then that's a bug.  if a build needs
> wireless-tools-devel, it really should be pedantically accurate about
> it.
> 
> rday
> 
Chances are, the error is from the config script in the original 
source archive, and it does not know it is being compiled in an RPM 
environment. So it generates a generic error message that is 
distribution independent. The person building the package has the 
responsibility of making sure the development package is installed.

About the only way I can see to get around it is to combine the 
development packages with the program/library packages they go with, 
eating up a lot of extra disk space for things most people do not 
need. Patching the config batch file to show the correct package 
names, taking a lot more of the packagers' time. Or educating the 
users building packages about development packages.

Personally, I favor educating the people building packages. But I am 
somewhat of a geek, and that affects my views of things.

Mikkel
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